Tibetan Manuscript Leaves, ca. early 1800s

Summary

Extent:

.3 linear feet (1 box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

29 leaves in wooden boards, Sanscrit texts transposed into Tibetan script, written by various hands in Uchen script. The larger pages are scriptural texts, probably written by lamas; the smaller are copies made by lay people, to be carried in personal bags and packs. These most likely are from the Indian side of the Himalyas.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 1988.

Physical location:

Vault

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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