Manuscript

Manuscript. Palm leaf. Covers missing.

Comments: The manuscript, as constituted here, seems to be a composite of scraps from many manuscripts written at different times and in different hands. While all of the folios fall into the dimensions given above, it appears that many have been broken in half from manuscripts twice the width given. Having right and/or left margins broken off is the rule, and sometimes even the upper and lower edges of the solios are chipped. In many places worm holes have destroyed part of the text. From the worm holes it can be seen that the present arrangement of the folios is rather recent. All the folios are strung on a tie cord through one lateral hole. Those leaves which have been broken in half would have had originally two lateral holes. Given the nature of the manuscript, it is useless to try to count the number of folios.