Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Container Reference (shelfmark): EAP691/2/2 - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/2/2/1
Title:: Untitled (holasat) (first half of 20th century)
Scope & Content:: This multiple-text manuscript is written with blue ink on greyish mulberry (sa) paper. The texts are mostly written in Tham-Lao script (at least with two different hands), in addition several pages are written in Old Lao script. This text deals with diverse topics, such as magical devices or Gāth...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 1st half of the 20th century
Extent:: 79 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/2/2/2
Title:: Untitled (holasat) (first half of 20th century)
Scope & Content:: This multiple-text manuscript deal with various topic,s such as magical spells, divination and fortune-telling the removal of one's bad luck through a special ceremony. This folded manuscript is written with black and red ink on greyish mulberry (sa) paper mostly in Old Lao script, with a few pag...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 1st half of the 20th century
Extent:: 46 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/2/2/3
Title:: Untitled (Sut Mon, Vaípha) (19th century)
Scope & Content:: This folded multiple-text manuscript is written with black ink on greyish mulberry paper in Tham-Lan Na script and language. The texts deal with several subjects, like chanting, divination and magic formula, and many ceremonies. There are a number of magical diagrams and yantras (with combination...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 41 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/2/2/4
Title:: Untitled (Papheni, Phithikam) (19th century)
Scope & Content:: The folded mulberry paper manuscript is written in Tai Lue language and script with black ink. The front and back covers are decorated with flower symbols. The manuscript is partly damaged with parts of the text on several pages missing. The text is about many topics that belong to the tradition-...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 22 Tiff images

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