Manuscript of Buddist Scripture
Manuscript of Buddist Scripture
Place of OriginCeylon, Sri Lanka
Dateabout 1800
DimensionsH: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)
MediumPalm leaf and wooden.
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1924.84
Not on View
DescriptionBook with wooden covers enclosing three palm-leaf manuscripts in Singhalese Pali. Fragment from a Buddhist canon.
Published ReferencesPutney, Carolyn M., Princely Pursuits: Indian Miniature Painting, The Toledo Museum of Art, 2003, p. 5, repr. (col.) fig. 3.
18th and 19th century
19th century
Mewar School, attributed to Manohar
about 1655-1660
9th Century (Abbasid Period)
early 9th Century
9th Century (Abbasid Period)
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