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Buddhist texts (MS G.71).

Accession number
MS G.71
Object title
Buddhist texts (MS G.71).
Display Date
19th cent.
Created
Sri Lanka, India, 19th cent.
Binding
Two original beveled boards, painted with a rinceau design and connected with a cord running through two holes in the leaves.
Credit line
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description
267 leaves (1 column, 17 lines), bound : palm leaf ; 55 x 400 mm
Provenance
Purchased by Henry S. Glazier in Sri Lanka in 1933 and given to his brother William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York in the same year; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes
Ms. of Buddhist texts; written in Sri Lanka, 19th century.
Script
Singhalese
Language
Pali
Century
Classification