Historic bindings in the Bodleian Library, Oxford : with reproductions of twenty-four of the finest bindings (1891)
Brassington, William Salt, 1859-1939, Bodleian Library · London : Sampson Low, Marston and Co. · leaf 47
mp. In one year about 200 palm-leaf MSS., chiefly Dravidian,Pali, Sanskrit, and Sinhalese, besides numerous rolls were boxedthus. They are stored in specially deep shelves with the narrow endsto the front. Cases or covers were likewise made for various MSS.in beautiful bindings; many of these… … INTRODUCTION. xliii suggested that a work of this kind would not be complete withoutthem, but unfortunately owing to the difficulty in photographingthe gorgeous colours of some of the Indian and Persian book-covers,and the consequent complete failure of the negatives, this part ofthe work had to be…
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