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Language Mon Place Rangoon, Burma Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP1123/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2
Title:
Wat Sirimongkhon Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of six collections of Thai-Mon palm leaf manuscripts digitised by the EAP1123 project team. The Wat Sirimongkhon collection is large. This was one of the few collections which we able to go through almost completely because a Mon monk who could read Mon helped us do so. Most of the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Mid 20th century
Extent:
242 TIFF images

2. EAP1123/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/2
Title:
Pagoda History
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ဘုရားသမိုင်းစာ. Title in Mon: လိက်ဝင်ဓါတ်. Transliterated title: LIK WAṄ DHĀT. Palm leaf manuscript of history of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. Extent: 1 bundle of palm leaf manuscripts, 16 faces total. Incomplete. Condition of original material: Fairly good condition. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
9 TIFF images

3. EAP1123/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4
Title:
Wat Metārāng Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of six collections of Thai-Mon palm leaf manuscripts digitised by the EAP1123 project team. The temple has collection of palm leaf manuscripts, mostly in Mon but with some Pāḷi and Thai, housed in a wooden cabinet off to the main shrine area. The collection was in fairly good condit...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
738 TIFF images

4. EAP1123/4/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/11
Title:
History of the Relics of the Shwedagon Pagoda
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရားဓါတ်တော်ဘုရားသမိုင်းပေစာ. Title in Mon: သၠပတ်ဝင်ဓါတ်ကျာ်လ္ဂုင်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT WAṄ DHĀT KYĀK LGUṄ. Palm leaf manuscript of the history of the relics buried in the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. Extent: 2 bundles of palm leaf mansucripts, total of a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
58 TIFF images

5. EAP1123/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/5
Title:
Wat Makhām Ratburi Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of six collections of Thai-Mon palm leaf manuscripts digitised by the EAP1123 project team. Sizeable collection kept in two wooden cabinets to the side of the main hall. Collection was mostly palm-leaf manuscripts in Mon and Pāḷi on the usual religious subjects. Manuscripts were kep...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
Early 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
303 TIFF images

6. EAP1123/5/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/5/5
Title:
Plans of the Shwedagon Pagoda
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: သၠပတ်အစဳရေင်ကျာ်လ္ဂုင်. Transliterated title: SLAPAT ACĪREṄ KYĀK LGUṄ. Appears to be a bilingual Pāli-Mon text about the building of the Shwedagon Pagoda. Includes some Burmese-language terms and names. Does not appear to be complete. Extent: 1 palm leaf manuscript, approximatel...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
18 TIFF images