Paper manuscripts may leave a stringhole space in the middle, usually as a decorative element.
BnF Sanscrit 1406. Vivādārṇavasetu
Bengali. Varied stringhole decorations throughout the manuscript. Here the letter extenders have been transformed into a stringhole decoration. Hand of Rādhākānta Tārkavāgīśa.
BnF Sanscrit 1406, 43v, detail. Courtesy of the BnF.
BnF 947. Sāṃkhyaśāstra & Sāṃkhyatattvakaumudī
Bengali. The stringhole decoration forms part of the overall decorated frame of this page.
BnF Sanscrit 947, 7v. Courtesy of the BnF.
