Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Language: Pali - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/5/5
Title:: Plans of the Shwedagon Pagoda
Scope & Content:: Title in Mon: သၠပတ်အစဳရေင်ကျာ်လ္ဂုင်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT ACĪREṄ KYĀK LGUṄ. Appears to be a bilingual Pāli-Mon text about the building of the Shwedagon Pagoda. Includes some Burmese-language terms and names. Does not appear to be complete. Extent: 1 palm leaf manuscript, approximatel...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mon and Pali
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/5/8
Title:: Characteristics of Learning (?)
Scope & Content:: Title in Mon: သၠပတ်လက္ခဏပညာ. Transliterated title: SLAPAT LAKKAṆAPAÑÑĀ. Mon-language didactic text with introduction in Pāli. (Question mark in title because not sure of best English rendering). Extent: 1 palm leaf manuscript, approximately 68 faces. Condition of original material: Excellent...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Mon and Pali
Date Range:: 1933
Extent:: 39 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/6
Title:: Wat Makhām Pathumthānī Collection
Scope & Content:: This is one of six collections of Thai-Mon palm leaf manuscripts digitised by the EAP1123 project team. The manuscripts were kept upstairs from a library (of regular books) and was part of a larger collection of disused or surplus temple furniture, cabinets, spires, thrones, etc. The collection...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 182 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/6/1
Title:: Phra Malai Illuminated Parabaik 1
Scope & Content:: Title in Thai: ธรรมคดี พระมลัย. Pāli-language retelling of the Phra Malai story. Includes six faces which have been illuminated. Some Mon-language text appears at the very end, which includes what appears to be donor's name, a woman's name MI THÅṄ SYŪ, possibly a Chinese or Burmese name. Exten...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 1842
Extent:: 77 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1123/6/2
Title:: Phra Malai Illuminated Parabaik 2
Scope & Content:: Title in Thai: ธรรมคดี พระมลัย. Pāli-language manuscript, probably of the Phra Malai story. Includes several illuminated faces. Last page in Mon records some information of its copying. Edges of pages decorated with abstract designs. Extent: 1 accordian-style book, approximately 298 faces, fro...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 1888
Extent:: 105 TIFF images

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1150/1/1
Title:: Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:: Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Condition of original material: Good condition. Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries Keywords: Buddhism, Law and Legal affairs, Vinayapiṭaka. This manuscript contains the following 4 texts: EAP1150/1/1/1: P...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 341 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1150/1/2
Title:: Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:: Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript. Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Additional date information: Copied c. 1890 Keywords: Buddhism, History. This manuscript contains the following 4 texts: EAP1150/1/2/1: Mahābodhivaṃsa pāṭha Description: ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: c 1890
Extent:: 231 TIFF images

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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1150/1/4
Title:: Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī pātimokkhasaṃvaṇṇanā
Scope & Content:: Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges are slightly eaten by rats on borders. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Notes in the text and margins written in pencil. Aṭṭhakathā: Vinayapiṭaka. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript; ka-ña, mixed leaves. Condition of original material: V...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 1873
Extent:: 112 TIFF images

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