A Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript from 1750

SEP 11 2022 · 12:00

A Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript from 1750

Museum curators handle a palm-leaf book from Sri Lanka: text incised with a stylus, ink rubbed in, leaves strung between wooden boards, the standard book form across South and Southeast Asia before paper.

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