Manuscript

CG97-1-9

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number CG97-1-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Creator Minatcicuntaram
Date Made 1500-1918
Section Asian
Materials Palm Leaf | Ink
Iconography Maturai Viran Ammanai | Prayers | Song? | Folk Literature
Description

Comments: One lateral hole about one-third of way from left edge, with tie cord. Text written in two columns with last syllable of each line spaced away from the rest of the line and written one above the other. Black powder not rubbed in on all folios. Cover folio ar end. First folio in bad state of repair. A few folios in the text proper are broken off on the right or left edge, destroying a few syllables of text. Written in ink on cover folio at end: "Rev. A. C. Halsey. A Hindoo [?] book of [song(?)]." The manuscript begins with prayers to Kanapati, Canmukan and other deities.

Other Number M7 - Levitt Number

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