Dear Colleagues,

Claire Brizon (cc-ed), a colleague from the Bern University, recently sent me photographs of palm-leaf manuscripts brought in the 18th century from India to Switzerland by Swiss mercenaries (Polier, Villaret).

I could identify the language and script of 2 Tamil manuscripts. There are 4 other items: in Malayalam, Singhalese and Telugu/Kannada, it seems.

Could knowledgeable ones kindly confirm/infirm my guesses and say more about the contents of the manuscripts?

Here are the pictures:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gt6knv3ojp3p2g0/AACYn4j4qeV9yjO2nvj4y_ETa?dl=0

Please contact directly Claire Brizon <claire.brizon@ikg.unibe.ch>.

If you are interested in studying these manuscripts, Claire Brizon will do her best to get more pictures.

With very best wishes.