Wednesday, August 24

A Selective Review of Scholarly Communications on Palm Leaf Manuscripts

I have a small but growing collection of palm leaf manuscripts so it was interesting to learn more about these manuscripts from this paper

A Selective Review of Scholarly Communications on Palm Leaf Manuscripts

Abstract - The very purpose of this paper is to provide a meticulous review of literature on various aspects of palm leaf manuscripts. Through the process of review, it aims to highlight the antiquity of palm leaf manuscripts, the process of seasoning and writing over the leaves, the physical, chemical and biological factors of deterioration, the classification and cataloguing process of manuscripts, different traditional / modern methods of preservation and conservation as well as the viability and prospects of digital preservation of manuscripts and the attempts taken by various manuscript libraries for digitization.

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3838&context=libphilprac

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