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Nissaya text 1700s?

Abstract:
Nissaya text, liturgical, possibly the praise of the 28 Buddhas. Three leaves have modern corrections in black marker.
Date:
1700
Identifier:
9963213763503681; (PU)6321376-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Pali
Provenance:
Gift of Mrs. W. H. Kneedler (nurse and wife of Presbyterian medical missionary W. H. Kneedler), 1951.
Subject:
Buddhas -- Early works to 1800.; Buddhas.; Buddhist literature, Pali.; Buddhist literature, Pali -- Early works to 1800.; Facsimiles.; Manuscripts.; Commentaries.; Manuscripts, Thai.; Sermons.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (18 leaves) : color illustrations
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Reproduced from the original with permission of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.; Dimensions of original manuscript: 5 x 58.5 cm.; Title supplied by Justin McDaniel (viewed on September 30, 2015); Written in 5 lines per leaf.; Written in Thailand, possibly in the 18th century.; Leaves of palm leaf with two central holes slightly more than 22 cm apart; formerly tied through right hole; red lacquer top and bottom edges, gilded left and right edges; most ends frayed and damaged; In Pali (Lanna).
Physical Location:
Penn Museum 51-9-6