Hi Harry, Thyāsphu is a manuscript folded similar to how an accordion looks as opposed to pothi mss. They are only ever paper as far as I know.
It sounds like you are trying to incorporate previously catalogued Nepalese mss. into some project. Care to elaborate? All my best, Charles Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2024, at 1:11 AM, Harry Spier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Samuel Grimes wrote: >> nearly all paper manuscripts were written in Pracalit. > The NGMCP descriptive catalogue search screen: > https://catalogue.ngmcp.uni-hamburg.de/content/search/ngmcpdocument.xed > lists the following manuscript materials: > bhūrjapattra, nilapattra, palm leaf, paper roll, tamsuk, thyāsaphu > 1) Would most manuscripts written in these other materials also be in > Pracalit? > 2) What are the materials tamsuk and thyāsaphu . When I look online it lists > tamsuk as a "landgrant manuscript" not a material. > > Harry Spier >
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