[INDOLOGY] Indic Script identification: De Jong Collection Manuscripts

Sun Oct 25 13:49:59 UTC 2015

I concur with Dr. Kieffer-Pülz. Definitely a Southeast Asian script, although not one I have direct experience with.

Consult François Lagirarde (EFEO/Chiang Mai): francois.lagirarde at efeo.net

Arlo Griffiths
EFEO/Paris

From: kauzeya at gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 20:44:36 +0200
To: dnreigle at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Indic Script identification: De Jong Collection	Manuscripts
CC: indology at list.indology.info

ha ha, well, according to my friend Petra Kieffer-Pülz, I *am* totally wrong! She writes:"It looks more like some type of Khom script."  
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 3:09 PM, David and Nancy Reigle <dnreigle at gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Clemency,

The two images that you have labelled Tibetan Manuscript 1 and Tibetan Manuscript 2 are definitely in Tibetan. Possibly if we had a scan of the other side of the folio in Tibetan Manuscript 2 we could determine the title. After the first phrase, which continues a sentence from the other side, it gives a series of homages: homage to the Buddha, homage to the dharma, homage to the sangha, etc.

Best regards,

David Reigle
Colorado, U.S.A.

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 1:03 AM, Clemency Montelle <clemency.montelle at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

I'm preparing a small exhibition on the De Jong collection that is now held by the University of Canterbury in New Zealand (http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/collserv/dejong.shtml) as part of initiatives to make this scholarly asset more visible to the research
 community (and university officials so they are reminded of its worth and importance!)

I found in some of the archival boxes several manuscripts that I would like to put on display, but I'm having trouble identifying the scripts of them.

Two images appear to be from a Palm Leaf manuscript in some sort of South Indian script but I can't put my finger on it exactly.

The other two images appear to be in Tibetan.  Could someone kindly confirm this for me?

(I'm busy getting the librarians to take images of the final folia in case I can make out a colophon...)

Any help greatly appreciated!

With best wishes,
Clemency

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