Text, Folio 81 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This is a long wooden board with three narrow panels. Each panel has rows of tiny, evenly spaced holes arranged in a grid. The holes are filled with black ink or dye, forming neat lines of text. The wood looks worn, with a natural grain and two small circular holes near the top. The text is part of an old Buddhist scripture, copied by hand. The precision of the holes suggests this might be a way to help scribes write evenly. Look up The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
