1 Jan 500 Jahr v. Chr. - Palm Leaf Manuscripts

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Palm leaf books are a traditional format from Southeast Asia. Text is etched onto specially-prepared pieces of palm leaf and pigment is applied so that it stays in the etched recesses. These inscribed leaves are bound together in sequence with a cord. Like the wax tablet, palm leaf books give users random access to information in a text, as opposed to purely sequential access, as is afforded by a scroll (Galbraith, 2020).

About the image: This image is of an undated palm-leaf book containing a medical text (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology).

SOURCE
Galbraith, S. K. (2020). A Brief History of the Book: From Tablet to Tablet. Libraries Unlimited.

IMAGE
Palm leaf book a medical text. (n.d.). [Palm leaf, wood, cotton cord, pigment]. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/96567

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