DIGITAL LIBRARY OF LAO MANUSCRIPTS
Making Palm-leaf Manuscripts
Harald Hundius
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A large lan khai palm tree, the leaves of which are used to make manuscripts. Atsaphon District, Savannakhet Province, 2001.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 01, Savannakhet
Harald Hundius
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Novice monks practising the art of making palm-leaf folios. Selecting suitable leaves from palm tree fronds. Vat Manolom, Luang Prabang, 1999.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 02, Luang Prabang
Harald Hundius
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Novice monks practising the art of making palm-leaf folios. Cutting the leaves. Vat Manolom, Luang Prabang, 1999.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 03, Luang Prabang
Harald Hundius
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Novice monks practising the art of making palm-leaf folios. Close-up of cutting the leaves. Vat Manolom, Luang Prabang, 1999.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 04, Luang Prabang
Harald Hundius
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Novice monks practising the art of making palm-leaf folios. Boiling the leaves. Vat Manolom, Luang Prabang, 1999.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 05, Luang Prabang
Harald Hundius
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Close-up of boiling leaves during the process of making palm-leaf folios. Vat Manolom, Luang Prabang, 1999.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 06, Luang Prabang
Harald Hundius
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Novice monks practising the art of making palm-leaf folios. Drying the leaves. Vat Manolom, Luang Prabang, 1999.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 07, Luang Prabang
Harald Hundius
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Novice monks practising the art of making palm-leaf folios. Drying the leaves. Vat Manolom, Luang Prabang, 1999.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 08, Luang Prabang
Harald Hundius
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Novice monks practising the art of making palm-leaf folios. Trimming the leaves to their final shape before further drying and pressing flat. Vat Manolom, Luang Prabang, 1999.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 09, Luang Prabang
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Using a mai banthat frame to apply lines to a palm-leaf folio before engraving. Vat Ban Na Son, Vientiane Capital, 2004.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 10, Vientiane
Harald Hundius
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Palm-leaf manuscripts are engraved using an iron stylus, after which soot is applied to blacken the script and the folios are treated with oil made from the Yang tree. Khammuan Province, 2001.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 11, Khammuan
Harald Hundius
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Applying soot to an engraved palm-leaf folio to blacken the script. Vat Mai Suvannaphumalam, Luang Prabang, 2004.
Making palm-leaf manuscripts 12, Luang Prabang