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Hardcover Sazigyo, Burmese Manuscript Binding Tapes: Woven Miniatures of Buddhist Art Book

ISBN: 6162150739

ISBN13: 9786162150739

Sazigyo, Burmese Manuscript Binding Tapes: Woven Miniatures of Buddhist Art

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,...

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