[INDOLOGY] Russian 14 cent. Birchbark MSS from Novgorod

[Dominik Wujastyk]

Interesting.  Thanks!

So, was birch bark as a writing surface invented multiple times
independently?

And is the Russian version thicker than the Kashmiri, to support etching?

​Best,
Dominik
​

On 20 October 2014 14:56, Stefan Baums <baums at lmu.de> wrote:

> Dear Dominik and Matthew,
>
> yes, plenty of birch in Russia. And the letters are incised
> in the bark. Here two photos where that is more clearly
> visible:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_bark_manuscript#mediaviewer/File:Beresta.jpg
>    http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/Novgorodwoodp.html (scroll down)
>
> It am not sure whether ink was rubbed into the incisions
> (palm‐leaf style), but this may have been unnecessary since
> the incision made the darker lower bark visible through the
> light outer layer.
>
> All best,
> Stefan
>
> --
> Dr. Stefan Baums
> Institute for Indian and Tibetan Studies
> Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
>
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