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Bottom Cover for a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)
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About this work
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, filling in only the inscribed lines.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBottom Cover for a Buddhist Manuscript (verso), c. 1700. Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century. Gum tempera on wood; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227.86.b
