• Cā-caññḥ-kruiḥ [Handwoven ribbon for binding Burmese manuscripts]
  စာစည်းကြိုး

Contributor:

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Indic Manuscript no. 74.

Publisher:

• [Myanmar?], 1899.

Extent:

• 1 volume : ivory leaf ; 75 x 540 mm.

Format:

• Manuscript
• Book

Abstract:

• Vinaya texts for recitation in rituals.

Description:

• Ms.
• Also enclosed are Burmese vendor receipts from 1900 and 2 sazigyo (cā-caññḥ-kruiḥ) ribbons of woven binding tape with text.
• Layout: 4 lines.
• Decoration: Some leaves painted red and gold, with illustrations.
• Other number: Ex 4316.

Binding note:

• Black lacquered wood covers. Leaves stacked in the pothi format. In a wood box painted red and gold.

Subject:

• Manuscripts, Pali—New Jersey—Princeton
• Lacquered bindings
• Wooden boards

Provenance:

• Purchased in 1900 from the dealer Felice Beato.

Edm rights:

• Copyright Not Evaluated

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99130927957506421

Curator's notes:

• Burmese
  Myanmar, 19th century

  Sazigyo (written cā-caññḥ-kruiḥ) were ribbons used to bind Buddhist manuscripts of various kinds, into which prayers, poems, or donor names were woven. The one displayed here is a generic donation one, lacking actual names. It was bought in 1900, from the famous dealer, Felice Beato, alongside other curiosities, but we know now that it did not belong to the other items in that purchase.

  Gift of Julia Vanuxem Hebard, in memory of Louis Clark Vanuxem, Class of 1879
  Princeton Indic Manuscripts IM 74

  For further reading

  Isaacs, Ralph. Woven miniatures of Buddhist art, sazigyo: Burmese manuscript binding tapes. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 2014.

Exhibit category:

• The pothī tradition
• The pothī tradition: variations and elaborations