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Burmese power protection yantras

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6814

Scope and content

Manuscript volumes, each consisting of an accordion-style folded book, 13 x 38 cm. or smaller. They contain drawings of various animals, deities (nats and devas), and magical formulae, written in white and red ink on black paper. Some volumes also contain astrological information. One volume has covers ornately painted in red and black.

Dates

  • circa 1872-circa 1900.

Language of Material

In Burmese.

Extent

10 volumes. (10 volumes.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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