How Buddhism spread written language around the world
via BBC Culture, 15 January 2020: BBC feature on an exhibition on Buddhist artworks and manuscripts at the British Library ...
Tag: documentary heritage
Historical and cultural information recorded in a variety if formats including manuscripts, inscriptions, audio recordings and digital files.
Preserving the ancient craft of making palm leaf manuscripts
via Phnom Penh Post, 01 December 2019: How a former monk is preserving the tradition of making palm leaf manuscripts.
Open Call: First Aid to Documentary Heritage under Threat 2019 – Prince Claus Fund
Prince Claus Fund grant for endangered documentary heritage. Closing date 31 January 2020.
Scroll depicting early life of Buddha goes on display for first time
via The Guardian, 24 October 2019: The British Library has an exhibition on Buddhism until February 2019, with a crown ...
MMDL – Myanmar Manuscript Digital Library
Just highlighting this resource from the University of Toronto.
What Turkish, Arabic And Persian Historical Records Say About Melaka
via The Star, 24 August 2019: What we often know about ancient Malacca comes from local or Chinese sources, but ...
Figuring out Folds: Conserving a Thai Buddhist manuscript
via the Chester Beatty Museum, 13 June 2019: A piece about conserving Thai manuscripts at the Chester Beatty Museum in ...
Yogyakarta Palace recovers centuries old manuscripts
via Jakarta Post, 09 May 2019: Manuscripts plundered from the Yogyakarta Palace during Raffles' time have been returned - in ...
Maranao manuscripts digitized to preserve precious heritage
via GMA Online, 23 Mar 2019: Digitization project of the written records of the Maranao people of Southern Philippines.
Ringside at the auction: how the contested Bonifacio documents were sold
via ABS-CBN, 03 December 2018 and other sources: A series of historically-significant Philippine documents were sold at auction over the ...
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