Switchover from palm leaves to paper

[Ruth Laila Schmidt]

Dear members of the list,

Can anyone provide information about when manuscript copyists left off
writing on palm leaves and began to write on paper? I am assuming (in all
ignorance) that this occurred prior to the widespread adoption of the
printing press, in preference to copying, but all corrections and
references will be gratefully accepted.

I am especially interested in when this transition took place in Nepal.

Thank you!

Best wishes,

Ruth Schmidt


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Ruth Laila Schmidt
Dept of East European and Oriental Studies
University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1030 Blindern
N-0315 Oslo, Norway
Phone: (47) 22 85 55 86
Fax: (47) 22 85 41 40
Email: r.l.schmidt at easteur-orient.uio.no