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Show £ 2 formed, and absorb writing ink perfectly. As waste paper cuttings are use in the fabrication of native blotting paper the raw material is inexpensive The colour of the blotting paper is usually pink, stained with a dye (kusurbha made from safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) (Hlindi: usfur o kusum), a asteraccous thistlelike plant with large mangc-colaured flower heads. Pape Aside from the pink dye used in colouring blotting e the mmtfavoured colourfor Indian paperisa bright, pleasmg yellow. (Pape specimens Nos. 22-26). This stain is rendered from the oot of the turmeri (Goiinma Tmes) (Hmdl Jaldi or zard-chob), the same root that isuscd i mak kari). The Indian handmade papermakers also mak a blue paper,paper specimens Nos. 17-20-24, which they dye wh indig (Indigofera nm:tmn) a colour known in the Hindustani language as 7 uring the middle nincteenth century, when native handmade paper wa employed in Indian courts, it was the custom to write the summons of th district criminal courts on yellow paper, and warrants on the lilac, or blue paper. This practice is no longer in voguc, nl(hough it is not uncommo to see yellow and blue paper in use for officia purposes f all the handmade papers pmdumdin m.a, both in years gone b and at the present time, th ir product s perhaps the finest. Thi Paper is distinguished by its superio matcflal its finer workmanship, an more especially by its glossy waxlike quality produced by constant rilibin with a flint or agate; the cotton fibre used in most Kashmir paper lend itself well to the glazing stone. There were several qualities, or kinds, o Kashmir paper, the three best being known as dahi-mushti, reshami, and sadarJju. The first mentioned paper received its name from the size of the sheets dal meaning ten, and musiti denoting a closed hand-hence a sheet of pape that measured ten hands, or about forty inches, square. The second appellation reshami was derived from the silklike surface of the paper. The thir sort of paper (sadar-ju) was used for respectful correspondence betwee Persons of dignity and high caste. These fine writing papers of Kashmi ‘Digital image© 2005 wriott Library Us g ity of Utah, Al rights reserved. |