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Text, Folio 6 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)

Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu

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Medium
ink and color on palm leaf
Measurements
Leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.6.a
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Print
A horizontally oriented natural tan palm leaf features black script arranged in three dense, rectangular blocks. Two circular binding holes punctuate the spaces between sections. The script is finely detailed and uniform, contrasting with the leaf's weathered, uneven edges. Signs of age appear across the textured surface, framing the dark lettering in a balanced composition that highlights the organic materiality of the manuscript.

Text, Folio 6 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)

Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu

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