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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Language Burmese Digitised Content No

1. EAP756/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP756/1/1
Title:
WL-HL-NKB 002 Canonical discourse on meditation
Scope & Content:
Single-text manuscript containing a work on meditation. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Gilded folios with red pigment band in the middle. Incomplete. Uninscribed folios serve as covers.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1790-1840
Extent:
50 TIFF images

2. EAP756/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP756/1/2
Title:
WL-HL-NKB 005 Vinaya text
Scope & Content:
Single-text manuscript or a notebook containing a Vinaya text. Custodial history: Has a label assumed to be made by Ūʺ Nāga. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Complete. Has no covers.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1878-1898
Extent:
14 TIFF images

3. EAP756/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP756/1/6
Title:
WL-HL-NKB 011 A work on meditation
Scope & Content:
A notebook or a single-text manuscript. Custodial history: Has a label assumed to be made by Ūʺ Nāga. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Complete. Covers added by the project team. Owner(s) of original material: Ūʺ Sujāta.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1858-1878
Extent:
26 TIFF images

4. EAP756/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP756/1/15
Title:
WL-HL-NKB 025 An excerpt from a scriptural text
Scope & Content:
A single-text manuscript featuring an excerpt from a larger scriptural work. Extent and format of original material: 2 files. Physical characteristics: Palm leaf. Undecorated folios. Complete. Has no covers.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
[1858-1878]
Extent:
30 TIFF images

5. EAP1150/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1
Title:
Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation
Scope & Content:
A private library of Pali and vernacular Burmese palm-leaf manuscripts from Burma. Custodial history: The manuscripts were collected by Peter Skilling over the past several decades. Additional date information: Manuscripts included in the collection were created/copied between the 17th–20th ce...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
70296 TIFF images

6. EAP1150/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/3
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript. Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves. Woven silk ribbon; just stripes. Wrapper: printed cotton lined with green velvet. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Additional date information: Copied 1899 Keywords: Rites and ceremonies, Buddhism, Remove, Law and Legal affair...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1899
Extent:
227 TIFF images

7. EAP1150/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/5
Title:
Milindapaññā nissya sac ca kāḥ pre
Scope & Content:
Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Mixed texts. Nissaya: Paracanonical text. Ff. ca-kāḥ-pre written in prose. Some leaves illegible. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript; ca-lo (missing in the beginning). Condition of original material: Goo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
281 TIFF images

8. EAP1150/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/6
Title:
Mahārājavaṃsa I
Scope & Content:
Single-text palm-leaf manuscript being the first bundle of what might have been a two-bundle set. Red lac. covers of which one clearly comes from a different manuscript. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. In its full extent, Mahārājavaṃsa is a 21-volume work (organized into two or three palm-lea...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
289 TIFF images

9. EAP1150/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/7
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Inscribed woven cotton ribbon, 269 cm. Wrapper: printed cotton, red and white flowers, lined with white cotton sewn by hand. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Condition of original material: Good condition. Additional date information: Copied ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
292 TIFF images

10. EAP1150/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/8
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Different dates and scribes for the 2 texts not belonging to the same ms. Inscribed cotton ribbon, broken in 3 pieces. Wrapper: printed cotton black, pink flowers, lined with a piece of bath towel!. E...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
270 TIFF images