Accession number
MS W.71
Object title
Palm-leaf manuscript.
Display Date
19th cent.
Created
Burma, 19th cent.
Binding
Each leaf is pierced with two round holes and strung on twisted cord, held between oblong wood covers painted pink and decorated with vegetal designs in black, yellow, and red paint.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia Parker Wightman, 1994.
Description
27 leaves (1 column, 7 lines), bound : Talipat palm leaf ; 53 x 461 mm
Provenance
Julia Parker Wightman (no JPW number)
Notes
Ms. Buddhist texts; written and decorated in Burma, 19th century.
Decoration: on the opening leaf, text is written in the center third, the outside thirds are decorated with line drawings of birds and flowering plants.
Decoration: on the opening leaf, text is written in the center third, the outside thirds are decorated with line drawings of birds and flowering plants.
Script
Burmese script
Language
Pali
Century
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