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Palm Leaf Manuscripts In the northern, upland regions of Burma, Thailand, and Laos, Buddhist scriptures in the classical Pali language transcribed into the local orthography were incised on palm leaves with an iron stylus, and the letters were then blackened with a soot paste. In other instances, the text was written in white ink or chalkor sometimes in gold inkon stiffened black mulberry paper. Chapters were kept together with string, and the whole works bundled together, often between elaborately decorated or lacquered wooden covers. The Echols Collection contains several dozen palm leaf manuscripts, all of which were received as gifts. |
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