SHAN PRAYER BOOK
MANUSCRIPT
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SHAN PRAYER BOOK
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| Box 1 | FF 1 | Contains the Shan Prayer Book Manuscript, which is a religious work written in the 19th century. It is forty pages in length and written in the Shan language. The contents deal with religious matters and is a religious treatise employing numerous Pali words. The writing is also of Shan paper, which is manufactured in the Shan States in east central Burma. The paper is made by hand from the bark of the maiksaile tree, a species of the mulberry which grows abundantly in the Shan States. For a further description of the text and method of making the paper see the Harold Linscott Donor File. |