Hi Harry,

Thyāsphu is a manuscript folded similar to how an accordion looks as opposed to pothi mss. They are only ever paper as far as I know.

It sounds like you are trying to incorporate previously catalogued Nepalese mss. into some project. Care to elaborate?

All my best,

Charles

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On Dec 8, 2024, at 1:11 AM, Harry Spier <vasishtha.spier@gmail.com> wrote:

Samuel Grimes wrote:
nearly all paper manuscripts were written in Pracalit.
The NGMCP descriptive catalogue search screen: https://catalogue.ngmcp.uni-hamburg.de/content/search/ngmcpdocument.xed
lists the following manuscript materials:

bhūrjapattra, nilapattra, palm leaf, paper roll, tamsuk, thyāsaphu
1) Would most manuscripts written in these other materials also be in Pracalit?
2) What are the materials tamsuk and thyāsaphu . When I look online it lists tamsuk as a "landgrant manuscript" not a material.

Harry Spier