Cleveland Museum of Art

Leaf from a Buddhist Manuscript (recto)

Date

c. 1700

Medium

fiber paper

Culture

Sri Lanka, Singhalese, Late 17th century

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Palm leaf material is still used for manuscripts in Sri Lanka. The palm leaves are prepared first by boiling them, drying them in the sun, and then rubbing them with oils. Scribes then use a metal stylus to incise the text. Then charcoal powder is wiped across the pages, filling in only the inscribed lines.

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