[Burmese palm-leaf manuscript]. 112
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory, Palm leaf, Textile
Measurements
50 mm (Width) x 36 mm (Depth); 190 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Burma
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1337973
Summary
Bibliographic description
Burmese manuscript book made of palm leaves with covers of ivory. Some unwritten leaves and others with text on both sides. Crimson rope threaded through and knotted. In notebook no.4, page 53 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Seraphim 241. Palm Leaf Book with covers of ivory.' Includes dimensions.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 53