Manuscript

Manuscript Cover

2003-42-3

From: Sri Lanka

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-42-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sri Lanka
Period 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Palm Leaf
Inscription Language Pali (language)
Description

Palm leaf manuscript with red and yellow covers with british royal crown stamp on button. Pali written in sinhala script. Last leaf has some khmer text. The text is late possibly put together from mulitple sources for the tourist trade.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.20265 - Other Number

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