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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.

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