Bottom Cover for a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)
c. 1700
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.227.86.b
Palm leaf material is still used for manuscripts in Sri Lanka. The palm leaves are prepared first by boiling them, drying them in the sun, and then rubbing them with oils. Scribes then use a metal stylus to incise the text. Then charcoal powder is wiped across the pages, filli...
Manuscript
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522540
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contentType
manuscript
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| citation |
citation
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CC0
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q117247689"
]
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source
import
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Source image fields (4)
Terms
Technique
Gum tempera on wood
Medium
Gum tempera on wood
Genre
Manuscript
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Relations
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