Caption

Buddhist manuscript page, unknown scribe-copyist, Tibetan Buddhist manuscript in ume dbu med and disciple dbu can scripts. Page numbered 1 on the recto. Numerous corrections and rather careless handwriting indicate it may be a practice page. 19th century, Tibet. Manuscript; height 29.5 cm, width 7.9 cm., A horizontal rectangular sheet with visible creases and slightly irregular edges lying on a dark background, showing a group of handwritten lines made with dark brown ink across the pale off-white paper, with a few faint pencil marks and smudges, some darker blotches in the ink lines, and a narrow ruled margin on the left; overall colors visible are pale off-white, dark brown, faint gray, and dark brownish-black from the background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A30_093

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30.7Mb (1.9Mb) / 20.0in x 6.0in / 6000 x 1790 (300dpi)

Keywords

Buddhist manuscript page unknown scribe-copyist Tibetan Buddhist manuscript ume dbu med disciple dbu scripts Page numbered 1 recto Numerous corrections careless handwriting indicate practice page 19th century Tibet Manuscript height 29.5 cm width 7.9 cm horizontal rectangular sheet visible creases slightly irregular edges lying dark background showing group handwritten lines dark brown ink across pale off-white paper faint pencil marks smudges darker blotches ink lines narrow ruled margin left colors visible pale off-white faint gray dark brownish-black background.