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Palm Leaf Nissaya (Grammar)

1782 (made)
Place of origin
Burma (made)

Nos. 3 to 134
132 folios. 2 cord holes. 1 green cotton cord and fragment of the other.
9 lines, 85 char. Brmese/Pali text.
Burmese round medium script.
Red lettering on a yellow ground.
Paginated with Burmese letters.
Interlines: blank.
Margins: 4 cm. Undecorated
Borders: Undecorated
Dated 1782 (Burmese 1144)


Object details

Object type
Palm leaf nissaya (grammar)
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Materials and techniques
Palm leaves, edge of each leaf finished in red lacquer and gilt.
Palm Leaf
Lacquer
Gilt
Forming
Lacquering
Gilding
Brief description
Burmese lacquered and gilded palm leaf Pali-Burmese nissaya (grammar). Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). Dated 1782.
Physical description
Nos. 3 to 134
132 folios. 2 cord holes. 1 green cotton cord and fragment of the other.
9 lines, 85 char. Brmese/Pali text.
Burmese round medium script.
Red lettering on a yellow ground.
Paginated with Burmese letters.
Interlines: blank.
Margins: 4 cm. Undecorated
Borders: Undecorated
Dated 1782 (Burmese 1144)
Dimensions
  • Length: 50cm
  • Width: 6cm
Style
Konbaung
Production
Attribution note: Grammar with Burmese language commentary line after line. For post graduate scholars/grammarians. There are easier grammars for schools. Divided into chapters.
Information: Mme Jacqueline Filliozat of the Bibliotheque National, Paris. 1996
Other number
719 - Previous number
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
AL.719:133

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Record createdMay 30, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39994/palm-leaf-nissaya/
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