From India to Nepal, from Nepal to France: the tribulations of the manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines, India, 11th century

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Translated by Liz Carey Libbrecht. One of the jewels of the heritage collections of the Collège de France Institute of Indian Studies, an 11th-century Buddhist manuscript illustrated by paintings of rare beauty, showed very worrying signs of deterioration. Restoration financed by the Collège de France in 2013 saved this exceptional work and restored its original splendour. Thanks to the patronage of the Fondation de l'Orangerie for the digitization of heritage collections, the manuscript has...

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