Another collection of manuscripts

This time you can find here manuscripts from all over the world.
The Schøyen Collection

MS 2175

1.	MUDRAS OF THE VAJRADHATUMANDALA, HAND GESTURES FOR WORSHIP
2.	CARYAGTTAKOSA OF THE VAJRADHATUMANDALA, A COMPLETE CYCLE OF RITUAL CARAYA SONGS
3.	UNIDENTIFIED TEXT

MS palimpsest in Sanskrit and Newari on paper laminated on canvas, Nepal, 17th c., 60 ff. concertina-folded, 8x20 cm, 3 columns, (3x27 cm), 7 lines in Newari script, punctuation and rubrication in red, more than 300 painted illustrations of hand gestures. Text 3 is the underlying text.

Binding: London, 1996, blue cloth folding case.

Provenance: 1. Monastery in Nepal (17th c.-); 2. Sam Fogg cat. 17(1996):25.