Bottom cover, from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bottom cover, 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)

Gum tempera, paper, and colors on wood
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Wooden covers helped to protect the fragile palm-leaf pages and keep the leaves compact.

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