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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Fragile palm leaves digitisation initiative Subject Poetry

1. 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

2. EAP1150/1/85

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/85
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript transmitting a variant of collection of nine historiographic works known as Vaṅ kuiḥ vaṅ. Plain teak covers with red lac. edges. Red lac. Leaves. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Additional date information: Copied c. 1869-1870 Keywords: Remove, History, Law ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
c 1869-1870
Extent:
194 TIFF images

3. EAP1150/1/122

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/122
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Composite multiple-text plam-leaf manuscript comprised of texts for curricular use and bundled from two or three different copying projects. Plain teak covers. Red lac. leaves. Decorated woven cotton ribbon. Coarse cotton wrapper. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Custodial history: (owner of th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1890s-1900
Extent:
203 TIFF images

4. EAP1150/1/200

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/200
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript featuring works belonging to the genre of ho cā, texts for single-artist recital performances based on jātaka tales and episodes from the life of the Buddha. Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Custodial history...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
198 TIFF images

5. EAP1150/1/267

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/267
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion ban don edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Condition of original material: Good condition. Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries Keywords: Didacticisms, Poetry, Buddhism, Remove, Law and Le...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
141 TIFF images

6. EAP1150/1/272

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/272
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
No covers. Red lac. leaves with some gilded. Fly title piece does not belong to this ms. texts from different mss. combined. Fragments: one leaf of Saṃghā tau guṇ tau kuiḥ pāḥ and 2 unidentified fragments. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Condition of original material: Good condition. Additio...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
265 TIFF images

7. EAP1150/1/293

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/293
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Two coloured woven cotton ribbon. Woven course cotton wrapper of black and green stripes with woven cotton (white and green checks) sewn inside. Titles of texts written in pencil on top cover. Extent:...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1882-1883
Extent:
279 TIFF images