Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso) (c. 1700): Art, History and Details
Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1700, fiber paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso) (c. 1700) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.
Object facts
- Title: Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (verso)
- Date: c. 1700
- Culture: Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century
- Type: Manuscript
- Technique: fiber paper
- Dimensions: Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
- Collection: Ceylonese Art
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession number: 1949.227.60.b
Collection credit
Educational Purchase Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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