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MATERIALS USED FOR MANUSCRIPTS – GOLD

28/10/201528/10/2015 Sankara Narayanan
Antique-Burmese-Kammavaca-Manuscript-315

We have seen about the important materials that are used for manuscripts viz Palm leaf, Paper, Bhūrjapatra and Sāñcīpāt. Now we can move into other materials. As I have stated elsewhere, other materials are divided into two. Metals Non metals. Among metals, now we can see the usage of gold the royal metal in the…

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MATERIALS USED FOR MANUSCRIPTS

24/09/201524/09/2015 Sankara Narayanan
palm

          The materials used for writing is also an important thing in the field of manuscriptology. The selection of material depends on the usage. Even today daily newspaper is not printed on maplitho paper, nor dictionary is printed on newsprint. The nature and purpose of a document determines the selection of the material.           In…

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