Nepal.- Hymn in honour of Tara, manuscript in Sanskrit, on blue-black dyed paper, 7 leaves, of which one blank, Sanskrit in 4 lines of gold Ranjana script, each leaf with old binding-hole, chipping and fraying to edges, a few times affecting text, one leaf with more considerable portion of loss, some staining, leaves loose in wooden covers, stained and worn, [Nepal], [13th or 14th century]. *** These leaves, from a hymn in honour of the female Buddha Tara, are an early example of the Nepalese tradition of Buddhist sacred writings on blue-black paper. The measured, gold Ranjana script is indicative of a date in the 13th - 14th century.