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Buddhist Manuscript

Buddhist Manuscript

c. 1700
Covers: Gum tempera on wood; pages: charcoal on palm leaves
Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Educational Purchase Fund 1949.227
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The text is written in Sinhalese script.

Description

Palm leaf material is still used for manuscripts in Sri Lanka. The palm leaves are prepared first by boiling them, drying them in the sun, and then rubbing them with oils. Scribes then use a metal stylus to incise the text. Then charcoal powder is wiped across the pages, filling in only the inscribed lines.
  • ?–1949
    William E. Ward [1922-2004], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1949–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).
  • {{cite web|title=Buddhist Manuscript|url=false|author=|year=c. 1700|access-date=13 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.227