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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection EAP691: Buddhist Archive of Luang Prabang Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP691/2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/2/1
Title:: Manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thera
Scope & Content:: With four exceptions (see below), the manuscripts of this corpus are palm-leaf manuscripts. Nine-tenth of the 98 fascicles deal with religious themes. One third of these manuscripts (29) have Anisong (blessing) texts pertaining to the religious benefit derived from certain kinds of gift-giving (d...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao and Pali
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 1684 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/2/2
Title:: Mulberries paper manuscripts
Scope & Content:: The four leporelleo-style mulberry paper manuscripts contain secular texts dealng with astrology and magic formulas. Texts of these genres are preferrably written on mulberry paper, not palm-leaf.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao, Pali, and Tai languages
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 188 Tiff images

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