Sazigyo, Burmese Manuscript Binding Tapes
Ralph Issacs
ISBN 10: 6162150739 ISBN 13: 9786162150739
Published by SILKWORM BOOKS, 2014
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Sazigyo are fine, tablet-woven Burmese tapes used to bind the palm-leaf manuscripts of an earlier era. This book elucidates the religious and social context of sazigyo and describes in detail the weaves, texts, designs, and images.Über den Auto. Seller Inventory # 598700544
Synopsis:
Sazigyo are fine, tablet-woven Burmese tapes used to bind the palm-leaf manuscripts of an earlier era. Tiny images and extended texts were deftly woven into the long, colorful bindings. These Buddhist "textile texts" were commissioned by donors to make merit in the hope of attaining a better rebirth and ultimately nirvana.
This beautiful book elucidates the religious and social context of sazigyo and describes in detail the weaves, texts, designs, and images. It contains stunning, full-scale reproductions and enlargements of many hundreds of sazigyo segments found in collections throughout the world and presents translated excerpts from 150 sazigyo texts.
The book is a celebration of a craft now vanishing and a tribute to the skill and flair of Burmese women weavers. It will appeal to weavers and textile designers and to all admirers of exquisite craftsmanship.
About the Author:
Ralph Isaacs is coauthor of Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Sazigyo, Burmese Manuscript Binding Tapes
Publisher: SILKWORM BOOKS
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New