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- It was customary for a Burmese family to commission
a copy of the Kammavacca, the monastic code of
discipline, on the occaion of their son entering the
monastery.
- Most Thai + Burmese MSS are written in Pali, an
ancient religious language fo Buddhist India related to
Sanskrit. thought the script may vary.
- In Southeast Asia books were crafted in 2 forms -
palm leaf pages + folded paper. Thai book covers
- painted + gilded. Burmese book covers - lacquered
+ then adorned with gilt.
- Kalpasutra - standard Jain text which describes the
careers of certain saviors (Tirthankara)
- use fo red, blue, green + gold pigments - typical
of paintings of Western India
- Tosachat (10 lives of the Buddha Thailand -
The Pali canon included over 500 tales of the
Buddha's past lives (jatakas).

2l97 - Morgan Library - cylinder seal.
Post Akkadian period - c 2250 - 2150 B.C.
"King Etance flying on an eagle to seek
the plant of easy birth for his wife"

1280 - Italy, spectacles
Snow - not shown in Middle Ages.
gold applied before colors
ox + ass - nw + old order.