Extent: 1 volume (188 leaves) : paper ; 19 x 18 cm
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Volume incomplete. Foliation: 188 leaves numbered in pencil. Irregular pagination. Written in red and black ink over 6 lines within a double frame drawn in ink and yellow gouache. Condition: restored tears and marginal wormholes. "Devanagari, from Sanskrit, is an alphasyllabic script used for Sanskrit, Prâkrit, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi and several other Indian languages. It is one of the most widely used scripts in North India and Nepal. Sanskrit was to India more or less what Latin was to Europe: the language of prestige in writing, used as a lingua franca, i.e. a "bridge" language for sharing knowledge between all...
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