Indian Devanagari / Sanscrit Manuscript Leaves, c 1800, Indi...

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Indian Devanagari / Sanscrit Manuscript Leaves, c 1800, India
Sanskrit manuscript on hand-made polished paper, two bifolio and one folio from a late 18th / early 19th century Indian religious book, 6ll. of dense black Devanagari script, text set within a black and broad orange-ruled frame, marginal notes in black,
folio 15.7 x 9.6cm text 11.4 x 5.3cm

Devanagari is an alphabetic script derived from Brahmi writing in the 12-13th century, and is used to write Sanscrit and Hindi. It is written and read left to right. The name “Devanagari” comes from two root words that mean “deity” and “city” and implies writing that is both religious and sophisticated.