Context (Other owners)
Donated by Prof. Ellis H. Minns. Possibly collected by Walter H.C. Minns.
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Author: Annie McKay

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old display card reads: “Burmese alphabet (akin to the above but not identical) painted in black lacquer on gilded palm leaves.
Event Date
Author: Annie McKay

Context (Field collection)
Unknown date of production, probably 19th Century. Unknown date of collection, probably early 20th Century.
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Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Displayed in Buddha's Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond, in the Library - Travelling Texts - Burma case, 28 May 2014-17 January 2015, Li Ka Shing Gallery.
Event Date 2014
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Cover of a lacquered edition of the Kammavaca- the service for the ordination of Buddhist monks. The illustration depicts bodhisattvas or divinities offering flowers (and possibly incense) to the manuscript; worshipping the book because it represents [or embodies?] the Buddha.
Burma. Date Unknown.
Event Date 29/7/2014
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cover of a lacquered edition of the Kammavaca, the service for the ordination of Buddhist monks. The illustration depicts bodhisattvas or divinities offering flowers (and possibly incense) to the manuscript; worshipping the book because it represents/embodies the Buddha.

Event Date 15/12/2017
Author: Annie McKay