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Nov 29, 2021 · The paper can be in a natural cream colour with text written in black ink, or it can be blackened and text written either with white chalk, a yellow gamboge ink or gold ink. Two main styles of Khmer script are found in manuscripts: aksar chrieng (slanted script) and aksar mul (round script).
Sāstrā sleuk rith (Khmer: សាស្ត្រា ស្លឹក រឹត) or Khmer manuscripts written on palm leaves are sastra which constitute a major part of the literature of Cambodia along with the Khmer inscriptions kept since the foundation of the Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia.
The paper used for Khmer books, known as kraing, was made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree. In what is now known as Cambodia, kraing literature was stored in pagodas across the country.
May 26, 2014 · Abstract This dissertation explores the history of Khmer printing types and their use. First, an introduction to the script and its use in stone inscriptions and palm-leaf manuscripts...
Dec 13, 2021 · The most remarkable manuscript containing Khmer text is a nearly 15 m long paper scroll from Japan. It contains a mid-19th century copy of a transcript made in 1818 of ten official documents and trade letters written in Japanese from the Gaiban Shokan (Foreign Correspondence) between the Japanese government (shogunate) and various foreign ...
Jan 12, 2024 · This page features 31 Khmer and Pali (in Khmer script) manuscripts from the Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection. The texts include selections from Theravada canonical works like the Suttapitaka and Abhidhamma, as well as Jataka tales.
The Khmer Manuscript Heritage Project undertaken by BDRC has now digitized these priceless films, as well as thousands of additional palm-leaf manuscripts that still exist in Cambodia, to make them more accessible and preserve them for future generations.
