Manuscript
47-12-5
From: Sri Lanka
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 47-12-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sinhalese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Sri Lanka |
| Date Made | 1500-1947 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Palm Leaf | Wood |
| Technique | Painted | Gilded | Stained |
| Iconography | Mahasatipatthanasutta | Svarnnakarkkataka Jataka | Dharma | Life of the Buddha |
| Inscription Language | Pali (language) | Sinhalese Language | Sinhalese Script |
| Description | Comments: Two lateral holes with tie cord. Wood covers painted with a yellow and black design on a red background. The folios were once glit-edged. Stains on some folios, particulary beginning with folio khl. Folio kr is newer and is in a defferent hand. For the contents of the sutta and jataka of Sections A and B see G.P. Malalaserkera, Dictionary of Pali Proper Names. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Joseph N. Snellenburg, 1947 |
| Other Number | M24 - Levitt Number |
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