Manuscript with Tamarind Seed Alphabet
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Lacquered ivory leaves with red and gold lacquered wooden covers in medallion patterns.
Burma/Myanmar; 1850
BC 90.00.00; Northern Illinois University
Bennett Collection
Rare and precious manuscript, comprising black-lacquered Pali text in Burmese square script: each of the leaves embellished at their extremity with geometric figures in gold leaf on red lacquer.
