writing substance

Evidence

"In most of these manuscripts, the handwriting and writing substance seem to be identical in both the main text and the glosses, although the glosses are a little smaller in size sometimes, probably in order to save writing space and distinguish the glosses from the main text."

Remarks

The writing substance used for glosses in manuscripts such as MS no. 188 and MS no. 196 (National Library of Thailand) appears identical to the primary text. This suggests that the glossing was 'planned ahead' by scribes who left blank spaces for them (p. 231). In the case of the Khmer Version of Kham Phak Ramakian, the text survived in four fragments and was written in a rough transcription in Thai script (p. 228).