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Starting my time in Minneapolis at the Institute of Art, looking at Burmese Lacquered books. Reminds me of book hunting in Thailand. #bookarts #bookbinding #asianbooks #palmleafbook (at Minneapolis Institute of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpDA4Nzg8Ru/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=modanq59597c
GUEST POST: John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
Sinhalese Ola, 1720.
This is a pothi, a type of book from Southern and Southeast Asia made from palm leaves strung between decorated wooden boards. This particular volume contains extracts from treatises on Ayurvedic medicine, written for the use of the Vederalo or native doctor.
- Caroline
xR127.2 .S55 1720
