Royal chronicle of Ayutthaya พระราชนิพลพงศาวดาร กรุงสยาม
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Annals of the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya up to 1784 A.D. "This copy of the historical text, in black in on blue European paper, was made from a set of 30 Thai folding books which were subesequently lost. It preserves one of the oldest surviving versions of Thai history, which is more complete th...
Royal edition of Pannasa Jatakas (ปัญญาสชาดก) Illustrations: Gilt front and back leaves for every bundle, and gilt edges throughout. Each leaf following a front leaf has two oval illustrations; one on the left showing a vihara, one on the right showing the royal seal of King Mongkut (Rama IV) d...
A horoscope manual with coloured drawings showing the twelve years of the animal cycle calendar in two series. Created during the reign of Rama V (King Chulalongkorn), but before end of the 19th century. Illustrations: 28 pages with coloured illustrations
A treatise on mythical and natural elephants in khlong verse. With some mantra texts in Sanskrit. Illustrations: 37 illustrated folios. fol. 3: Ganesha, the son of Shiva fol. 4: Erawan (Sanskrit: Airavata; Thai: เอราวัณ), the carrier of Indra, with two hermits, Thewakam on the left and Thewap...
Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. The illustrations represent celestial beings (devata), and the tortures of the damned in hell Illustrations: Five paired illustrations