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1. EAP1123/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/1/1
Title:
Cet Riw Medical Text 1
Scope & Content:
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) medical text discussing various illnesses which affect the human body. Includes various various astrological diagrams. The text appears to have been written in stages. Written in black pencil. The books has come apart, but all sections appear present. The ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
50 TIFF images

2. EAP1123/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/1/2
Title:
Cet Riw Medical Text 2
Scope & Content:
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) medical text discussing various illnesses which affect the human body. In Mon with some Pāli. Includes various various astrological diagram and lists. Also includes some doodles. The text appears to have been written in stages. Written in black pencil. NOT...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon and Pali
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 19th century
Extent:
135 TIFF images

3. EAP1123/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/1/3
Title:
Cet Riw Thai Text 1
Scope & Content:
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) of unknown provenance and topic. Written in a mixture of Thai and Khom (Thai-style Khmer writing). All the Cet Riw manuscripts were kept together in a wooden box, so presumably all are on the same topic - medical treatment. Extent: 1 accordian paper books...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
32 TIFF images

4. EAP1123/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/1/4
Title:
Cet Riw Thai Text Black Paper
Scope & Content:
Thai language manuscript, probably of medical texts. Kept in a box with the other Cet Riw manuscripts, which were about medical treatment. Last photograph is of the box the four Cet Riw manuscripts were kept in, which gives a date of 1280 Buddhist Era (1918 AD), though the description of content...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
21 TIFF images

5. 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

6. 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

7. EAP1123/4/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/4/18
Title:
Wat Metārāng Medical Text
Scope & Content:
Accordian-style folding book (parabaik) medical text, divided into 5 'books' which likely mean that the sections have fallen apart into separate sections. Possibly more than one text; only further study will reveal the case. Includes text largely in Mon, with some pages in Thai and Khom (Thai-st...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Mon
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
114 TIFF images

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