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Extra Long OLD Complete Palm Leaf Manuscript from India
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GENERAL INFORMATION: Palm leaf manuscripts are produced from two main types of palms: palmyra and talipot. The palmyra leaf is rather thick and inflexible and inclined toward brittleness over time. The talipot is thinner and more flexible and has excellent durability, reportedly lasting as long as 300 years. Palm leaf manuscripts include many unique sources on Indian , and Southeast Asian culture and religion.Palm leaves are plicate (that is, have parallel folds) and segmented, with a central rib.After being flattened and polished smooth with sand (or boiled in water or milk to make them strong depending on the type of tree used). The hard yet flexible flaps on either side of the rib yield the material that is prepared by drying and polishing for writing or painting or for incising characters with a metal stylus. Incised writing is made visible by applying a mixture of lampblack, bean plant or berry juice, and aromatic oil. The oils used have included camphor, citronella, castor, lemongrass, cedarwood, mustard, neem, eucalyptus, clove, and sesame. They are chosen for their insect repellent qualities. Although palm leaf manuscripts often vary in size among different regions of the world, they seem to average 48 centimeters in length and 4 centimeters in width. Smaller and Larger ones are rarer . T is a considerable range of "book" thickness, with some single works more than 40 centimeters thick...or the number of folios or leaflets.Each "book," or bundle of leaflets, is usually fastened together with braided cords threaded through two holes pierced through the entire manuscript about 4 centimeters from each end or by the insertion of bamboo splints. The resultant "binding" is finished by the addition of heavy wooden covers at the front and back, also tied by the braided cords or wrapped with webbing or a textile cloth. Two techniques are generally used for writing on palm leaf manuscripts: incising with a pointed metal stylus and writing directly with a pen or brush. Most palm leaf manuscripts are incised, with occasional additions or emendations written with pen on the surface. Palm leaf Manuscripts contains mythology, historical chronicles, religious treatises and psalms, medical prescriptions,horoscopes,calendar, etc. They are masterpieces in the art of illustration. But more than that, they are also precious information from the past.Although paper was apparently known, palm leaves were used for both lengthy creative works and day to day administration. Present day scholars estimate that hardly 10% of the manuscripts in existence today, have been even looked at, much less transcribed, interpreted and printed.These manuscripts constitute a vital source of information on several subjects and it is necessary to preserve the information contained in them as accurately as possible . PARTICULAR MANUSCRIPT DETAILS: This EXTRA LONG AND LARGE, COMPLETE, ORIGINAL TAMIL PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPT from SOUTH INDIA is almost 120 YEARS OLD and has 126 LEAFLETS(FOLIOS), each leaflet 18.5 INCHES long and 1 INCH wide. The manuscript is in excellent condition of preservation with very clear easily readable script throughtout.The thread is new.All the leaflets have six rows and four coloumns of ancient Tamil script on both sides .Check the various pictures..... AGE : 120 yrs +/- 20yrs REGION: South India(Tamil Nadu) LANGUAGE :Tamil SUBJECT : Thought to be compositions of poetry or poems...never been read thoroughly by an expert. PICTURES: 1) and 2) Shows the entire manuscript. 3) Shows the manuscript when it is opened. 4) show various regions of this large manuscript when opened. 5) Extreme close up demonstrating the extra fine condition of the script.The manuscript is not moth eaten or damaged in any sort of manner.The script and the quality is consistent as shown in this picture. GUARENTEED ORIGINAL AND 100% AUTHENTIC Such a Large and Long Manuscript would do a MUSEUM PROUD!! SHIPPING WORLDWIDE BY REGISTERED POST.RETURN PO... 
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