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605 artmn-com Ulaenbaatan 976, Mongolia Aug. '04 $9.99
Mongolian manuscript - single leaf. Music piece. Written in Tibetan on cream color. See #449 #609 #610 paper. 4+3 lines respectively. Black ink, with highlighting in red. 6.5x17cm. 19th Century. Cursive calligraphy (ume, dbu-med)
farfel_n09_074_606
606 Michael Janiel Rockport, Texas Aug. '04 $37.00
See #513 Thailand: Mid 19th Century Illustrated medical manual on thick mulberry paper (Khoi paper) from folding book. Text in Thai Script in black ink on 5 ruled lines. Some staining + fraying. 2 leaves of text with outer leaf as a cover. each leaf, 120x367 mm;
- The folding book (Parabaik) was used for both Buddhist + secular Thai texts of general literature as well as practical writings such as official documents + letters. THe use of the folding book was widespread in Thailand, Burma + Cambodia + was also known in China , Tibet Nepal + some parts of India. - The beauty of Thai writing lies in the straight lines of its letters connected by sharp bends, corner + circular flourishes. Spaces are not left between words but rather between long phases, + this greatly affects the appearance of the written language. - Traditional medicine in Thailand was recorded in Numerous texts deriving from various foreign systems of medicine, including Chinese, Indian + Arabic. Disease was ascribed to 'winds' or vapours inhabiting the body as in pre-modern western medicine, as well as to bile + to mucus. Channels in the body terminated in the pressure points known to us by way of Chinese acupuncture + Japanese Shiatsu pressure massage.
