Text, folio 4 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Text, folio 4 (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)

Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The text is written using lamp black ink made from mixing carbon, gum Arabic, and water<em>. </em>

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