Dluwang (Dluang, Deluang, tapa)

Indonesia
Source: Scheper, Karin. Appendix I Glossary. In: The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding (Leiden: 2014), pp. 229-238.
Recipe Details

Ingredients

inner bark of a paper mulberry tree

Preparation Steps

The material is produced by taking the inner bark of a paper mulberry tree and beating it. This process causes the bark fibres to become enmeshed, resulting in a flat and smooth surface (p. 230).

Original Recipe Text

The material is produced by taking the inner bark of a paper mulberry tree and beating it. This process causes the bark fibres to become enmeshed, resulting in a flat and smooth surface (p. 230).

Evidence

"A sheet of support material in which the inner bark of a paper mulberry tree beaten to cause the bark fibres to become enmeshed and to make the surface of the sheet flat and smooth. This support is found in manuscripts from Java and Madura in Indonesia."

Remarks

The term 'tapa' is noted as inappropriate in this context by the author, as tapa is typically described as a paper-like cloth associated with garments rather than manuscript support (p. 230).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypeDluwang (Dluang, Deluang, tapa)
RegionIndonesia
Source Information
AuthorScheper, Karin. Appendix I Glossary. In: The Technique of Islamic Bookbinding
CollectionJava and Madura in Indonesia
Language
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