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Project / Collection Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections Container Reference (shelfmark) Royal MS 16 B I-XXVIII Level [40] File

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 16 B IV
Title:: Alphabetum Syamense
Scope & Content:: Thai syllabary and numerals in a sloping hand, with romanized equivalents. Thought to have been presented to King Charles II on 26 September 1684 by a Thai embassy on behalf of King Narai (Ramathibodi III) who reigned Ayutthaya from 1656 to 1688
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin and Thai
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 3 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Royal MS 16 B XVI
Title:: Thai syllabary
Scope & Content:: Thai alphabet, registered as a manuscript, but in fact a printed version which was engraved from the item Royal MS 16 B IV with the title Alphabetum Syamense. Signed „MBurg. sculp.“ Michael Burghers was born in Holland around 1647/8, died in Oxford 1727. Oldest known example of Thai script pri...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 1700
Extent:: 2 folios

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