24.4 Legends

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MS in Thai, with some Pali passages, on paper, Thailand, ca. 1800, 102 ff. (complete), 15x65 cm, 1 - 3 columns, (3 columns: text: 28 cm column width), 5 lines in a very fine Old Cambodian book script, 14 coloured miniatures, each 29x20 cm, of high quality, between coloured borders on both sides of text. 

MS in Russian Chuch Slavonic on paper, Russia, ca. 1750, 266 ff. (complete), 19x15 cm, single column, (14/15x11/12 cm), 20-22 lines in Cyrillic semi-uncial by several scribes, red titles and chapter headings, 135 full-page illustrations in full colours by several artists displaying the collaboration of a circle of Old Believer artists of varying levels of skill. 

MS in Japanese on paper, Kyoto, Japan, 17th c., 1 roll (complete), 34x630 cm, 13 scenes, 33x48 cm, in full colours and gold, a descendant of the paintings by the Tosa school for the Imperial Court. 

MS in Arabic on paper, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, 14th-16th c., 71 ff. (complete), 18x13 cm, single column, (15x11 cm), 11 lines in Arabic naskhi script by several scribes. 

MS in Neo Sumerian and Old Babylonian on clay, Babylonia, 2000-1700 BC, 1 tablet, 22,0x9,5x4,0 cm, 2 columns, 65 lines in cuneiform script, double ruled lines between each entry.