Manuscript
55-15-1
From: Sri Lanka
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 55-15-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sinhalese | Buddhist |
Provenience | Sri Lanka |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Palm Leaf | Wood | Stain | Varnish | Paint |
Technique | Stained | Varnished | Painted |
Iconography | Pancapatitthanamaskara | Alavakasutta | Paticcasamuppada | Atuvaprartthanagatha padarthayi | Prartthanagatha | Narasihagatha | Bodhivandanagatha | Dhatuvandana | Maitribhavana | Detiskarma padarthayi | Upasakamanussavinaya varnnana | Buddhist ritual | Meditation | Buddhist doctrine | Buddhist Rules for Laity |
Inscription Language | Pali (language) | Sinhalese Language | Sinhalese Script |
Description | Comments: Two lateral holes with a tie cord. Edges of leaves were once colored with a stain. Wood covers stained and varnished with a simple design using red and black painted over the stain before varnishing. The manuscript divides itself into thirteen sections. For the contents of Sections B and F see G.P. Malalaskera, Dictionary of Pali Proper Names. |
Credit Line | Gift of Esmond R. Long, 1955 |
Other Number | M27 - Levitt Number | LO-1868-9 - Found in Collection Number |
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