MARDZONG MANUSCRIPTS
Title: Klu `bum (2)
Type of object: Manuscript on paper in loose leaf form
Find site: Mardzong caves GPS coordinates: 29°10’08.7″N 83°59’27.1″E / 29.169083, 83.990861 Elevation 3493 m above sea level.
Location (for place name): Choede Monastery Antique Museum
WRITING/COPYING
Language: Tibetan
Script: dbu can
Text execution: hand written
Writing instrument: bamboo/wooden pen
FORMAT AND LAYOUT
Dpe cha (Pothī format)
Size (h x w): 22 × 67 cm
Full frame – (measurements): 12.5 × 58 cm
Lines per page: 4–7
Guidelines: 1.8 cm
Distances in between upper lines of text: 1.8 cm
Measurement from page: 6
Pagination/foliation: Foliation
MATERIALS
Type of paper: Handmade with woven type of mould
Raw material: Steller chameajasme and Daphne/Edgeworthia sp.
Papermaking sieve print (woven, laid lines /3cm, chain line intervals): Woven (textile)
Number of layers: 3–4, possibly more
Thickness of paper:
0.28–0.36 on page 6; 0.21–0.36 on page 7; 0.25–0.34 on page 8
Texture: Polished
Dyes: None
Ink colour: black, red
In close-up