Kind · By use
Sutra wrapper
A gyeongjeonbo is a Buddhist cloth for wrapping scriptures, the use behind the oldest bojagi that survives.
- Meaning
- 'scripture wrapper' (經典 sacred scriptures + 褓)
- Made of
- Silk, embroidery
- Era
- Goryeo-Joseon
A Buddhist ritual cloth for wrapping scriptures. The oldest surviving bojagi (late Goryeo 수보, Jeonju City Museum) is believed to be one. Other Buddhist types are 마지보 and 공양보 (offering covers).
History & tradition
Goryeo to Joseon; Buddhist temples
Buddhist scriptures were treated as sacred objects and kept wrapped. The oldest surviving bojagi, an embroidered late-Goryeo cloth in the Jeonju City Museum, is thought to have been a sutra wrapper, and the earliest dated Joseon examples (1415) also held sutras. Temples used related cloths to cover rice offerings (마지보) and other offerings (공양보).
The Jeonju cloth's use as a sutra wrapper is a scholarly guess (추측), not documented.
Researched with medium confidence.