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1. Add MS 11552

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Add MS 11552
Title:
'Pattana Pakarana Atthakatha' ปัฏฐานปกรณ์ อรรถกถา
Scope & Content:
Buddhaghosa’s commentary on the Patthana of the Abhidhamma. Name in Thai script on front leaf: Mahamuak (มหาหมวก)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
1700-1820
Extent:
162 leaves in 3 bundles

2. Add MS 12210

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Add MS 12210
Title:
Phra aiyakan laksana kralahan = พระอัยกันลักษณากระลาหันต์ [12,210.]
Scope & Content:
Laws for officers of the courts of justice.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

50 leaves

3. Add MS 12211

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Add MS 12211
Title:
Book of Common Prayer [12,211.]
Scope & Content:
Translation of parts of the Book of Common Prayer / Morning Prayers copied in Siam [Thailand]. With a note on paper by Henry Ginsburg.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

33 folios

4. Add MS 12259

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Add MS 12259
Title:
'Satchanū' สัดฉหนู
Scope & Content:
Thai version of the story of Sajana (Satchanu), based on the Sudhanu Jataka. Part 2. Handwritten note on a paper sticker on leaf one reads "Zeemay Syan Yazawæn" which means "History of Chiang Mai, Siam"
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
1750-1840
Extent:

92 leaves

5. Add MS 12261

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Add MS 12261
Title:
Sang Sinchai samut 1 สังสินชัย สหมุด ๑
Scope & Content:
Volume 1 of the Thai verse novel Sang Sinchai. (A similar version is known in Laos and Northeast Thailand as Sang Sinsai or Sinxay, and in the Mon literary tradition under the title Sangada). According to colophon on fol. 2 the manuscript was compiled right after the siege of the "Great City" ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
1767-1796
Extent:

46 folios

6. Add MS 12262/A

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Add MS 12262/A
Title:
Sang Sinchai samut 2 สังสินชัย สหมุด ๒
Scope & Content:
Volume 2 of the Thai verse novel SangSinchai. (A similar version is known in Laos and Northeast Thailand as SangSinsai or Sinxay, and in the Mon literary tradition under the title Sangada). A colophon on f.42 mentions twograndparents, Ta Khong and Yai Mun (ตาคง ยายมูน), whocommissioned the manu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
1767-1796
Extent:

45 folios

7. Add MS 12263

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Add MS 12263
Title:
'Manut winai' มนุษย์วิในย์
Scope & Content:
Social and moral maxims (manusa vinaya)
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
41 folios

8. Add MS 12264

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Add MS 12264
Title:
Sang Sinchai samut 4 สังสินชัย สหมุด ๔
Scope & Content:
Volume 4 of the Thai verse novel SangSinchai. (A similar version is known in Laos and Northeast Thailand as SangSinsai or Sinxay, and in the Mon literary tradition under the title Sangada). The manuscript is thought to have been brought to the UK via Bengal by Sir John MacGregor Murray in 1797....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
1767-1796
Extent:
41 folios

9. Add MS 12265 (a)

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Add MS 12265 (a)
Title:
'Phra Chatthan' พระฉัดทัน
Scope & Content:
Thai version of the Chaddanta Jataka (Jātaka no. 514), the story of the Buddha’s previous existence as an elephant. Written by the same scribe as Add MS 12265/B. The scribe apologises for his poor verse and handwriting at the beginning and end. At the end, there is a short recipe for medicine ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

45 folios

10. Add MS 12265 (b)

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Add MS 12265 (b)
Title:
'Phra Satchanū' พระสัดฉหนู
Scope & Content:
Part 1 of the Thai version of Sajanu (also Sajana or Satchanu) based on the Sudhanu Jātaka, an extra-canonical Jataka tale included in the Thai recension of the Pannasa Jataka (Paññāsa-jātaka). The scribe is the same as in Add MS 12265/A. The scribe concludes this manuscript with a note saying ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

40 folios