The materiality of writing has major implications for the practice of history...When you look at a ‘medieval’ Javanese manuscript, it is almost always an 18th or 19th century copy of a copy of a copy ... and so on.
Manipuri Story Collection Lonthoktabi Top -
"He left his top behind, still tied with its string. It would never spin again. She picked it up. The wood was warm from his palm. She did not cry. Crying would have finished something. She preferred to leave it unfinished."
