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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. EAP1150/1/3

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

3. EAP1150/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/5
Title:
Milindapaññā nissya sac ca kāḥ pre
Scope & Content:
Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Mixed texts. Nissaya: Paracanonical text. Ff. ca-kāḥ-pre written in prose. Some leaves illegible. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript; ca-lo (missing in the beginning). Condition of original material: Goo...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
281 TIFF images

4. EAP1150/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/6
Title:
Mahārājavaṃsa I
Scope & Content:
Single-text palm-leaf manuscript being the first bundle of what might have been a two-bundle set. Red lac. covers of which one clearly comes from a different manuscript. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. In its full extent, Mahārājavaṃsa is a 21-volume work (organized into two or three palm-lea...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
1873
Extent:
289 TIFF images

5. EAP1150/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/7
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Inscribed woven cotton ribbon, 269 cm. Wrapper: printed cotton, red and white flowers, lined with white cotton sewn by hand. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Condition of original material: Good condition. Additional date information: Copied ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
292 TIFF images

6. EAP1150/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/8
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Different dates and scribes for the 2 texts not belonging to the same ms. Inscribed cotton ribbon, broken in 3 pieces. Wrapper: printed cotton black, pink flowers, lined with a piece of bath towel!. E...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
270 TIFF images

7. EAP1150/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/9
Title:
Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ I
Scope & Content:
Single-text palm-leaf manuscript being the first bundle of what might have been a five-bundle set. Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Bundlemark. This manuscript originally was the first bundle of Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ containi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
175 TIFF images

8. EAP1150/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/10
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
? Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript. Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Extent: A bundle of 168 inscribed folios. Two plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Additional date information: Copied 1845 Keywords: Bud...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
172 TIFF images

9. EAP1150/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/11
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Red lac. covers and leaves. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Condition of original material: Good condition. Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries Keywords: Concerning Kammavācā., Vinaya. Recitation of Kammavācā., Remove, Buddhism, Vinaya, Buddhist practice. This manuscrip...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
148 TIFF images

10. EAP1150/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/12
Title:
Vinayasaṅkhepa
Scope & Content:
Two different covers do not fit this ms. One red lac. and one plain teak with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves. Mixed texts from miscellaneous mss. Different dimensions. Handbook: Vinaya. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript; 250 mixed leaves. Condition of original material: Needs ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
328 TIFF images