Unknown Artist
- Title
- Palm leaf manuscript of Abhidhamma
- Place of origin
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Myanmar
- Year
- Sep 1885 CE
- Media category
- Book
- Materials used
- manuscript of 200+ palm leaves ('htan') incised with stylus, rubbed with lampblack, gold trim, 2 wooden bookends with original woven cord and cloth wrapping
- Dimensions
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5.0 x 48.5cm closed
- Credit
- Gift from Mrs Norma Handmer and the late Mr Walter Handmer AM 2009
- Accession number
- 319.2009
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This manuscript has more than 200 pages. The text is written in both the Pali and Burmese languages and records passages from the 'Abhidhamma', one of three parts of the Buddhist scriptures. Like many Buddhist texts, this manuscript would have been produced as a work of merit and donated to a monastery library where it would be used for teaching.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, December 2011
