Ancient Manuscripts on Palm Leaves

Historical palm leaves featuring intricate text from a Buddhist manuscript, showcasing ancient writing techniques and cultural heritage from Eastern India.

Text, folio 153 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 69 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 122 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 159 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 153 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 147 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 16 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 173 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 24 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 136 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 154 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 40 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 141 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 93 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 92 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 148 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 37 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 147 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 159 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 75 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 68 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 50 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 25 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 155 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 84 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 176 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 144 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 31 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 47 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 133 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 25 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 175 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 181 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 54 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 134 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 118 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 127 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 139 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 36 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 116 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 183 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 125 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 156 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 13 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 51 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 76 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 151 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 64 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 151 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 124 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 76 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 103 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, Folio 98 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Text, folio 164 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Pair of Buddhist Manuscript Covers with Six Palm Leaf Folios. Sri Lanka, late 18th-early 19th century. Fragments. Covers: silver; Folios: palm leaf

Text, Folio 27 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Band, Embroidery using silk threads on a plain weave linen background, Repeating design of rectangles enclosing scrolls, 13th century, embroidery & stitching, Band

Text, Folio 130 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.).

Papyrus inscribed with six "Osiris Liturgies" ca. 332-200 B.C. Early Ptolemaic Period This papyrus is dedicated to a Priest of Horus named Imhotep. Divided into 62 columns, it contains 6 separate texts, all designed to provide for the protection and glorification of Osiris, the divine ruler of the realm of the dead. Several of the texts here were originally composed for use in temple contexts, and have been adapted for use by Imhotep by the addition of his name. Imhotep and his father Psintaes (Pasherientaihet) were priests of Horus of Hebenu in Middle Egypt, and his mother Tjehenet was a musician in the cult of Hathor of Cusae, a principal deity of this area. Imhotep's coffins were found at Meir, the cemetery connected with Cusae; this papyrus and Imhotep's Book of Coming Forth by Day (35.9.20a-w) most likely come from his burial.Link to a blog about this papyrusA New Life for the Book of the Dead. Papyrus inscribed with six "Osiris Liturgies" 551976

Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript of Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita ca. 1090 India (Bengal) or Bangladesh. Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript of Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita 74866

Fragment of white embroidery unknown

Sacrament house, plan plan, Mihel Fröschl, Master Builder

Inscription in Oud-Indian Scripture. Irregular piece of cardboard with left punching and finished on the left in a narrower point.

Leaf from a Prajnaparamita Manuscript Leaf from a Prajnaparamita Manuscript, 11th-12th century. Palm leaves, ink and color, 2 1/4 x 22 5/8 in. (5.7 x 57.5 cm). Asian Art 11th-12th century

Streamer; 1898-4-6

Embroidered whitework sampler ca. 1600 Italian or British Whitework samplers typically consist of a variety of stitches and lace-making techniques, all stitched in white thread. It is thought that samplers containing whitework, cutwork, drawnwork, and lace designs were stitched only after multi-colored band samplers were finished, as whitework techniques are more difficult. However, this theory is based on the very small number of documented seventeenth-century embroiderers who made multiple samplers. This sampler features geometric designs worked in reticella, which requires a stitcher to remove warp and weft threads from a piece of woven fabric, stabilize the void with buttonhole stitches and the create designs based on the remaining grid. While many surviving English samplers include white lace, cutwork, and drawnwork, relatively few examples of seventeenth-century lace have been attributed to English manufacture.. Embroidered whitework sampler 217955

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Two fragments of the decorative belt; VII-X century (601-00-00-1000-00-00);

Leaf from a Prajnaparamita Manuscript Leaf from a Prajnaparamita Manuscript, 11th-12th century. Palm leaves, ink and color, 2 1/4 x 22 5/8 in. (5.7 x 57.5 cm). Asian Art 11th-12th century

Folio 115 (verso), from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Manuscript of the Supreme Array), 1000-1100s. Nepal. Ink on palm leaf; average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.).

Lamb frames of white taf deposited with blue passing. Lice line for on the inside of the sky of a four-top (in the top right). The lambrem line is made from white taf off with blue passment. This label belongs to the so-called Rosendaelbed.

Strip with caption, 1683 - 1733 copper (metal) etching

Yorktown from the river. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Ships, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, Virginia, Yorktown , United States, Virginia, York River

Sampler, Medium: cotton Technique: knitting (interlooping), Very long narrow sampler with 106 knitted patterns in white cotton., Germany, 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

Carta sincronológica de Historia Universal de S.C. Adams traducida del inglés por Francisco J. Zavala, 1884. Biblioteca Digital Hispánica.

Box side. 1550. three dimensional object. Religious books, Manuscripts. Manuscripts and Archives Division

This pear wood drawing from Dürer's workshop, 1515, depicts the upper half of History No. 8 text on the 'Honorary Gate' of Emperor Maximilian I.

Sampler, Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element work with needle lace fillings on plain weave, Twenty-seven cross borders, all in white. Text is worked into the bottom band,, England, mid-17th century, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

Marriage Contract 285-247 B.C. probably Ptolemaic Period. Marriage Contract 557665

The Nestorian Stele (also known as the Nestorian Stone, Nestorian Monument or Nestorian Tablet) is a Tang Chinese stele erected in 781 that documents 150 years of history of early Christianity in China. It is a 279-cm tall limestone block with text in both Chinese and Syriac, describing the existence of Christian communities in several cities in northern China. It reveals that the church had initially received recognition by the Tang Emperor Taizong, due to efforts of the Christian missionary Alopen in 635. Buried in 845, probably during religious suppression, the stele was not rediscovered until 1625.

Leaf from a Prajnaparamita Manuscript Leaf from a Prajnaparamita Manuscript, 11th-12th century. Palm leaves, ink and color, 2 1/4 x 22 5/8 in. (5.7 x 57.5 cm). Asian Art 11th-12th century

Tale of the Wisteria Robe Tale of the Wisteria Robe, 15th century. Ink on mica-flecked paper, 6 5/8 x 405 1/4 in. (16.8 x 1029.3 cm). Asian Art 15th century

Hand roll, two civil servants with a travel, Zhu Henian, 1803 Hand roll, two officials with consequence when traveling. In wooden box. Painter: chinataizhoujiangsu paper. ink Hand roll, two officials with consequence when traveling. In wooden box. Painter: chinataizhoujiangsu paper. ink

Mummy Wrapping with Spells and Vignettes from the Book of the Dead. Unknown

Guide to the study of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, / compiled by Walter Greenwood Forsyth and Joseph Le Roy Harrison. | Library of Congress

Two leaves from an Unidentified Manuscript Indian. Two leaves from an Unidentified Manuscript, 19th century (). Ink on palm leaf, each leaf: 1 3/4 x 11 in. (4.4 x 27.9 cm). Asian Art 19th century ()

Textile Fragment 8th-10th century Byzantine. Textile Fragment 474223

Armorial Border 14th-15th century French. Armorial Border 468307

Band; linen; Bequest of Miss Adele Kneeland through Mrs. Philip Ainsworth Means; 1939-64-13

Miniature initial 'P' by an anonymous artist on parchment using opaque color, showing decorative lettering and detailed ornamentation from the 14th century.

Hudson River route: New York to Saratoga Springs, Lake George - Champlain, and Montreal Cartographic. Maps. 1870. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.), New York (State) , Administrative and political divisions, New York (State)

Obelisk von Heliopolis bei Kairo, Ägypten. Obelisk of Heliopolis near Cairo, Egypt. Publication of the Meyers encyclopedia, Vol. 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23252512

Leaf from a Prajnaparamita Manuscript Leaf from a Prajnaparamita Manuscript, 11th-12th century. Palm leaves, ink and color, 2 1/4 x 22 5/8 in. (5.7 x 57.5 cm). Asian Art 11th-12th century

Blunck Otto (1882-1919), connection between the right and left bank of the Rhine and the Ahrtalbahn. Schinkel competition 1909 (03/19/1909): Sinzig station: Department 1: 1000. Ink, ink colored watercolor over a break on the box, 46 x 286.9 cm (including scan edges) Blunck Otto (1882-1919): Verbindung zwischen rechts- und linksrheinischer Bahn sowie der Ahrtalbahn. Schinkelwettbewerb 1909

Cuneiform prism bearing names of Abraham and relatives, 1750 BC.

The Hudson by daylight map, from New York Bay to the head of tide water: containing names of streams, islands, and heights of mountains according to the latest coast survey : also the names of prominent residences, historic land marks, the old reaches of the Hudson, and old Indian names Cartographic. Maps. 1878. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.), Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)

'Fragment of the Codex Tro-cortesiano (Codex de Madrid), obverse'. Museum: MUSEO DE AMERICA, MADRID, SPAIN.

Thèbes, Karnak. Plan et détail du plafond de la porte du sud. 1809 - 1828., 1809 - 1828., Paris. Publisher, Impr. impériale. Architectural decorations & ornaments, bas-reliefs, ceilings., 70 x 49 cm. Line and stipple engravings

Pali Manuscript 18th century South India. Pali Manuscript 38029

Folio from a Gandavyuha Manuscript Folio from a Gandavyuha Manuscript, 12th century. Colors on palm leaf, 2 x 21 5/8 in. Asian Art 12th century

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