Palm-leaf manuscripts
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Palm Leaf Collection: Tamil Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: Coll-1717
Scope and Contents
Collection of five palm leaf manuscripts from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Tivākarum (fragment) by Tivākarar.
Cūṭāmaṇi nikaṇṭu (fragment) by Maṇṭalapuruṭan.
Mūturai (complete) by Auvaiyār.
Fragment of a commentary on some work.
...
Dates:
18th-19th century
Palm-leaf manuscript collection of Nigel Seeley
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1970
Content Description
Palm-leaf manuscript collection of Nigel Seeley, consisting of 13 palm leaf manuscripts from Sri Lanka. There exists little information on their nature and their content, but they are probably Buddhist works in the Pali language (the language of the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism) dating from the mid 18th to late 19th century CE, and were collected by Nigel Seeley in the mid-late 20th century. Most of them have interesting and varied decorative wooden covers.
Dates:
mid 18th-late 19th century
Palm leaf scripts (Burmese), 2nd half of the 19th century
sub-series — Box CLX-D-17: Series Coll-1383/1; Series Coll-1383/3
Identifier: Coll-1383/3/8
Scope and Contents
Approximately 30 palm leaf scripts bound with twine, with Burmese manuscript writing. It is most likely a religious text.
Dates:
2nd half of the 19th century