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Language Burmese Digitised Content Yes (unavailable) Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 12399

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Add MS 12399
Title:
Letters and fragments of hikayats, mostly religious stories on 'Ali, Fatima and the mi'raj of the Prophet.
Scope & Content:
Malay fragments, some letters are translated from Bugis and Makassar. Several items are dated AD 1813-1814. In Malay in Jawi script. On ff. 59v-58v is found an Old Javanese text, which is a (rather inaccurate) eyecopy from lines 1–11 of the front face of the Baru charter (National Museum of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese, Malay, and Old Javanese
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

59 folios

2. Add MS 19351

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Add MS 19351
Title:
Phrommachat พรหมชาติ
Scope & Content:
Fortune telling manual with drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or female avatar (yin-yang), a plant and a number diagram. Fragment with some folio...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese and Thai
Date Range:
1760-1853
Extent:

20 folios (paginated 1-39)

3. Mss Burmese 199

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Mss Burmese 199
Title:
ရွှေနန်းလက်သုံး Rvhe nanʿʺ lakʿ suṃʺ
Scope & Content:
Designs of things in daily use in the Golden Palace.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
130 folios

4. Mss Burmese 204

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Mss Burmese 204
Title:
Elephants in art
Scope & Content:
Contains 22 coloured illustrations of elephants with their titles.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
44 folios

5. Or 3447/A

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Or 3447/A
Title:
မနုမနောဓမ္မဝိလာသရွှေမျည်းဓမ္မသတ် Manu mano dhamma vilasa rvhe myaññʿʺ dhammasatʿ
Scope & Content:
Burmese Buddhist Law, volume 1. This parabaik does not give the full text, but only some sections. It gives some of the twelve decisions of Mahā Thamasamin, namely, (1) Of the boundaries of lands; (3) Of theft; (4) Of taking the property of another byforce; (9) Of being of legal age, and the resp...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
1752
Extent:
19 folios

6. Or 3447/B

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Or 3447/B
Title:
မနုအကျယ် Manu ʾa kyayʿ
Scope & Content:
This parabaik gives only one section from part 2, namely, the case of the Brahmins, the Rahan teacher and his pupil which was decided after enquiry as to deposit.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
1752
Extent:
19 folios

7. Or 3478

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Or 3478
Title:
Maps on European paper
Scope & Content:
Maps on European paper, some with cloth backing, various size. (1) Pictorial map of the country between the Irrawaddy and Salween rivers in the area east of Mandalay. Towns and administrative seats marked in Burmese. (2) Another pictorial map, in red, green and black, of the same region. (3)...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese, Chinese, and English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (9 sheets)

8. Or 3676

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Or 3676
Title:
[Illustrations of Burmese court drama]
Scope & Content:
Scenes of Inaung, Wijayakārī, Kesāsīri and other stories. Only a few of the pictures have captions.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
19 folds

9. Or 4542/A

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Or 4542/A
Title:
ဧက္ကနိပါတ်၄ဆူအနက်တတိယဆူ၃၉ဇာတ်ဘုရား Ekka nipatʿ 4 chū ʾa nakʿ tatiya chū 39 jātʿ bhu rāʺ
Scope & Content:
Scenes from the Jātaka stories 81 to 119. Thirty nine Jātaka stories of Ekanipātʿ. Illustrations throughout.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
164 folds

10. Or 4542/B

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Or 4542/B
Title:
တိကနိပါတ်, Tikanipāt
Scope & Content:
Scenes from the Jātaka stories 251 to 277.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume; 162 folds

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