Balinese Palm Leaf Prayer Manuscript.
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Indonesia, c. 16th century. Rare Balinese palm leaf manuscript. Eight leaves, inscribed on both sides in Hindu text manuscript, binding thread intact. In near fine condition. The oldest surviving palm leaf manuscripts date back to the 5th century BCE and have been found in Nepal, Tibet and central Asia. Used as writing materials in the Indian subcontinent of Asia, the manuscripts were created to copy and preserve classical Hindu and Sudanese scriptural texts.
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Details
- Seller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 88148
- Title
- Balinese Palm Leaf Prayer Manuscript.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Indonesia
- Date Published
- c. 16th century
- Keywords
- Balinese Palm Leaf Prayer Manuscript, Palm Leaf Manuscript
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...