Manuscript
| Object Number: | 85-40-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Burmese Buddhist |
| Provenience: | Burma |
| Period: | Late Konbaung Mandalay Period |
| Date Made: | 17th Century - 19th Century |
| Early Date: | 1600 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Cloth Lacquer Gilt |
| Technique: | Gilded Lacquered |
| Iconography: | Buddhist Text |
| Inscription Language: | Pali (language) |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Marco Polo Discoveries, 1985 |
Description
Buddhist manuscript of sixteen loose-leaf pages of cloth and lacquer. Script in tamarind seed writing of black lacquer, extracts from the Pali Viniya text (monastic rules). Two wooden covers in red and gold lacquer decorated with swirling foliage and devas. Thin red string holds manuscript together through hole pierced in covers and leaves.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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