Newberry Library, VAULT oversize Wing MS 207

Metadata

DS ID:

DS18113

Shelfmark:

VAULT oversize Wing MS 207

Title:

Palm leaf manuscript

Palm leaf manuscript

Place:

Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka TGN

Date:

between 1700? and 1899?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sinhala and Sanskrit

Sinhala WIKIDATA

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

palm leaf

Palm Leaf AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 80 leaves : palm leaf ; 45 x 420 mm

Note:

Manuscript.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 7 lines.
Script: Written in Sinhala script.
Origin: Possibly written in Sri Lanka in the 18th or 19th century.
Binding: Two wooden boards with two holes in boards and (talipot?) leaves.
Forms part of the McCormick Theological Seminary Collection at the Newberry Library.

Keyword:

palm-leaf manuscripts

Wooden boards

palm leaf (material)

Hinduism--Customs and practices

Naming ceremonies

Sri Lanka

Rites and ceremonies

Sinhalese language

Texts

Sanskrit language

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma998539738805867

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library