古纸纤维形态特征与传统造纸工艺的对应关系

Study on the Relationship between Morphological Characteristics of the Fibers of Ancient Paper and Papermaking Technologies

关键词:  古纸  纤维  剪切  舂捣  造纸工艺

Key Words:ancient paper  cutting  ramming  papermaking process

摘要:通过模拟古代手工造纸过程中的剪切、舂捣工艺，利用纤维测量仪观察模拟试样中纤维的微观形态，与古代样品中纤维的形态进行对比，验证了推测的正确性，从而建立起造纸工艺与纤维微观形态特征的对应关系。首次提出纤维膨大呈球状的舂捣痕迹，从纤维微观形态的角度出发判断造纸工艺特征，为考古出土的疑似纸状物质的鉴定提供帮助。

Abstract:When we investigated the ancient papers, a unique phenomenon was found: Some fibers had comparative straight fracture, while some parts of fibers significantly expanded into the shape of a ball when observed by fiber measuring instrument. It was speculated that it may be relevant to cutting and ramming in the papermaking process. Therefore, cutting and ramming were simulated, and the morphology of fibers in the simulated sample was observed with microscope. By comparing with the morphology of ancient samples, speculation was verified and the corresponding relationship between papermaking technology and fiber morphological characteristics was finally established. The ramming traces leading fiber expanding to be the shape of a ball were presented for the first time. It provides a method to judge the paper making technology based on the fiber morphology，hopefully it can provide a new appraisal method to unearthed paper analogues.