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Balinese Rāmāyaṇa, circa 1700-1850

Date:
1700
Description:
Balinese palm leaf manuscript (lontar) displaying beautifully etched images with short associated text connected to the Balinese retelling of the Hindu epic the Rāmāyaṇa and having regional artistic and literary influences.
Language:
Balinese
Subject:
Epic literature, Indic; Epic poetry, Balinese
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
manuscripts (documents); poems; drawings (visual works); Manuscripts, Balinese
Physical Description:
1 item (5 leaves) : palm leaf; 4 x 37 cm
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.; 6 leaves.; Vertical margins and center hole marked with decorative etched border.; Palm leaves supported by wooden boards.; Formerly housed as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2984.; 6 leaves foliated 1-6, upper right recto.; In Balinese (Balinese)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 990 Item 18
Collection:
Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts