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Show MACERATIO O MATERIA 15 where the ancient Samarkand method of beating is in use. Th native artisans use as their raw materials jute, discarded gunn sacks, and old papers. These substances are cut to bits, placed i baskets and washed thoroughly in running streams until the fibre Maceration of paperma g lL.rnl in China. From, Are métier et cultures de la Chine, Paris, 181 have separated. The stuff is then put into stone vats where it i suffered to soak in lime for a period of several days. After thi process is completed it is thrown into rough stone mortars sunk i the ground, where it is beatenhy means of heavy pestles, like hug hammers, balanced on pivots. Men and boys stand on the lon horizontal wooden beams, or hmdlcs of the hammers,and by thei weight raise the pestles, letting them fall upon the jute or othe material, over and over again, until the substance is beaten t pulp suitable for forming into sheets of paper. The process is al Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All nghls reserved |
