Manuscript of Hikayat Hang Tuah (PNM: MSS 1713): a study of decorative binding and its meaning / Azlini Anuar Tan and Mumtaz Mokhtar

• Main Authors: Anuar Tan, Azlini, Mokhtar, Mumtaz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2020
• Subjects: Special subjects (Technique, history and collections); NE Print media
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35395/1/35395.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35395/; https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

This concept paper attempts to investigate the history of Islamic binding from the point of view of binding structure and decoration motifs in Hikayat Hang Tuah manuscript (PNM: MSS 1713). In this study, binding is defined as a mechanised process of physically folding a sheet of folio. Partially...