Palm-leaf scrolls uncover roots of Kerala's rich heritage
KOTTAYAM: Long before the advent of paper, Kerala had an elaborate method for preserving ancient knowledge and wisdom. The ...
The Hindu5 年
Digitisation of manuscripts at Oriental Research Institute in Mysuru gathers momentum
The Oriental Research Institute (ORI) here has taken steps for digitisation of its collection of nearly 70,000 palm leaf and paper manuscripts in Sanskrit and Kannada, and the first phase of the ...
PBS7 年
The Archimedes Palimpsest
Nigel Wilson, a classics professor at Oxford, examines a leaf from an old manuscript housed in a Cambridge University library. He identifies it as a page from the missing Archimedes palimpsest ...
myRepublica5 天
Minister Pandey strives to return Nepali palm-leaf manuscripts from Germany
On Friday, during his visit to Heidelberg University in Berlin, Germany, Minister Pandey discussed the return of palm-leaf ...
The Vindicator2 年
Cleveland museum displays rare manuscript
On view are palm-leaf manuscript pages reunited after having been separated, many with colophons providing new information about when and for whom they were made. The installation includes ...