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11. EAP1123/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/6
Title:
Wat Sirimongkhon Unknown Text(s)
Scope & Content:
Palm leaf manuscript, seems to concern divination and what people born on different days will be like. First and tenth faces start with Pali NAMATTU, suggesting that there are two texts. My main motivation for digitization was that it seems to be of late provenance and that it was, unusually, wr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

12. EAP1123/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/2/7
Title:
Wat Sirimongkhon Random Handwriting
Scope & Content:
Collection of interesting examples of handwriting taken at random from the collection. Some are particularly fine; others are in ink; some appear to have letter shapes as found in Burma. NOT A COHERENT TEXT!. Extent: 40 leaves. Condition of original material: All chosen because they are fairly...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

13. EAP1123/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3
Title:
Wat Saladaeng Neua Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of six collections of Thai-Mon palm leaf manuscripts digitised by the EAP1123 project team. The temple has a formal collection of religious texts housed in a separate library, raised on stilts to protect from flooding, to the back of the compound. Custodians had no key, but we could...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
168 TIFF images

14. EAP1123/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/1
Title:
Story of the Golden Crab
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ရွှေဂဏန်း. Title in Mon: လိက်ဂတာံထဝ်. Transliterated title: LIK GATĀṀ THAW. Palm leaf manuscript of folk story. Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 38 faces. Appears complete. Condition of original material: Good condition and legible. Handwriting somewhat rough. Custodial hi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
20 TIFF images

15. EAP1123/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/2
Title:
Instruction of Students
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: လိက်လမေတ်. Transliterated title: LIK LAMET. Palm leaf manuscript on how to instruct boys sent to monasteries for an education. Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 42 faces. Condition of original material: Good condition and legible, though texture is blurred. Custodial history: Ha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
1902
Extent:
21 TIFF images

16. EAP1123/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/3
Title:
Story of Mi Tla Sā
Scope & Content:
Title in Mon: လိက်မိတၠသာ. Transliterated title: LIK MI TLA SĀ. Palm leaf manuscript of story of Mi Tla Sā (a woman's name). Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 42 faces. Incomplete - first leaves missing. Condition of original material: Manuscript fragile; some leaves are torn and broken off. Ma...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
22 TIFF images

17. EAP1123/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/4
Title:
Story of the Frog King
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ဖားမင်း. Title in Thai: ราชากบ. Title in Mon: လိက်သၟိင်ၚဴ. Transliterated title: LIK SMIṀ ṄAU. Palm leaf manuscript of folk story. Extent: 1 bundle, approximately 50 faces front and back. Condition of original material: Well inscribed but rough handwriting. Leaves have ha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
27 TIFF images

18. EAP1123/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/5
Title:
Wat Saladaeng Neua Medical Text
Scope & Content:
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) medical text. Identification uncertain - was made in part based on what collection guardians told me. Includes several lists, including of local temple names, many lists of names of what may be donors (since they appear to be married couples) and what appe...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
47 TIFF images

19. EAP1123/3/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/3/6
Title:
Dhammaceti, 5th Section
Scope & Content:
Title in Burmese: ဓမ္မစေတီပဉ္စမဝဂ္ဂ. Title in Thai: ธมมเจดีปัญจมวัคค. Title in Mon: ဓမ္မစေတဳပဉ္စမဝဂ်. Transliterated title: DHAMMACETĪ PAÑCAMA WAG. Palm leaf manuscript of what appears to be the fifth section of the history of Dhammacetī, a king of Pegu. Text is incomplete and missing leaves...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Early 19th century-Mid 19th century
Extent:
31 TIFF images

20. 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