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Project / Collection EAP691: Buddhist Archive of Luang Prabang Subject Buddhism Place Laos, Asia

1. EAP691/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/1
Title:
Collection from Vat Pak Khan monastery
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this repository are exclusively inscribed on palm-leaf. The vast majority of manuscripts contain either canonical Buddhist texts or Buddhist chronicles, Jataka stories, and Anisong (blessing) texts. The rest falls under the category “unclassified”. All manuscripts are writ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1084 Tiff images

2. EAP691/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3
Title:
Collection from Vat Saen Sukkharam Monastery
Scope & Content:
The whole collection consists of palm-leaf manuscripts (762) and paper manuscripts (87) kept at four different buildings/repositeries. The whole collection of manuscripts is under the responsibility of the monastery, along with the Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organization, Luang Prabang province. The...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese, Khun, Lao, Pali, Tai languages, Thai, and Undetermined
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
20218 Tiff images

3. EAP691/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/2
Title:
Collection from Vat Suvanna Khili Monastery
Scope & Content:
The arrangement of manuscripts follows the (internal) inventory lists of the Buddhist Archives of Luang Prabang.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, and Tai languages
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1872 Tiff images

4. EAP691/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/4
Title:
Collection from Vat Xiang Muan monastery
Scope & Content:
The arrangement of manuscripts follows the (internal) inventory lists of the Buddhist Archives of Luang Prabang.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
638 Tiff images

5. EAP691/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/5
Title:
Collection from Vat Xiangmuan Monastery
Scope & Content:
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Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, and Thai
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
78 Tiff images

6. EAP691/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/2/1
Title:
Manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamfan Silasangvara Maha Thera
Scope & Content:
With four exceptions (see below), the manuscripts of this corpus are palm-leaf manuscripts. Nine-tenth of the 98 fascicles deal with religious themes. One third of these manuscripts (29) have Anisong (blessing) texts pertaining to the religious benefit derived from certain kinds of gift-giving (d...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1684 Tiff images

7. EAP691/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/1/1
Title:
Manuscripts of the Vat Pak Khan in the red walled building
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this repositery are exclusively inscribed on palm-leaf. The vast majority of manuscripts contain either canonical Buddhist texts or Buddhist chronicles, Jataka stories, and Anisong (blessing) texts. The rest falls under the category “unclassified”. All manuscripts are writ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
1084 Tiff images

8. EAP691/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/4/1
Title:
Manuscripts of the Vat Xiang Muan in the Kuti of Sathu Nyai Bunchan Phothichitta Maha Thera (1920–1996)
Scope & Content:
With two exceptions (see below), the manuscripts of this corpus are palm-leaf manuscripts. Two-thirds of the 35 fascicles deal with religious themes, such as Sutras, Jataka tales, Buddhist chronicles, and Anisong (blessing) texts pertaining to the religious benefit derived from certain kinds of g...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
1920-1996
Extent:
638 Tiff images

9. EAP691/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/2/2
Title:
Mulberries paper manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The four leporelleo-style mulberry paper manuscripts contain secular texts dealng with astrology and magic formulas. Texts of these genres are preferrably written on mulberry paper, not palm-leaf.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, and Tai languages
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
188 Tiff images

10. EAP691/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/5/1
Title:
Mulberry paper manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Only two leporello-style mulberry paper (chia sa) manuscripts have been found in Pha Khamchan's kuti. The first one (sutta) contains a canonical text, the second one is a multiple-text manuscript containing various magical and ritual texts written in a variety of scripts (and in Lao/Tai-Pali lang...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, and Thai
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
78 Tiff images

11. EAP691/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/4
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Hò Phiphitthaphan [museum] of Vat Saen Sukharam
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. There are no paper manuscripts in this collection. As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list). The collection is under the custody of the monastery administrati...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
3367 Tiff images

12. EAP691/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/1
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Kuti [abode] of Pha Khamchan Virachitto
Scope & Content:
The largest repositery is based in the old Kuti (abode) of Pha Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thera (1920–2007), the former abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam. Roughly three-quarters of the manuscripts deal with religious matters. Doctrinal teachings (Suttanta), Jataka tales, but also Anisong (blessing) texts ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao, Pali, Thai, and Undetermined
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
6635 Tiff images

13. EAP691/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/3
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Sala Hongtham [hall for keeping Buddhist scriptures]
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. In addition to the 119 palm-leaf fascicles in this collection, there are also 15 paper manuscripts found (see below). As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list)....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
2970 Tiff images

14. EAP691/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/2
Title:
Palm-leaf manuscripts housed at the Sim [ordination hall]
Scope & Content:
The manuscripts kept in this building are kept in several wooden boxes. There are no paper manuscripts in this collection. As for the contents of the texts contained in the manuscripts and their categorization (see separate list). .
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
4322 Tiff images

15. EAP691/3/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/7
Title:
Paper manuscripts housed at the Hò Phiphitthaphan [museum] of Vat Saen Sukharam
Scope & Content:
The only manuscript in this collection is a multiple-text manuscript. The collection is under the custody of the monastery administration and the Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organization, Luang Prabang province.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
38 Tiff images

16. EAP691/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/5
Title:
Paper manuscripts housed at the Kuti abode of Pha Khamchan Virachitto
Scope & Content:
The collection of paper manuscripts (mostly mullberry or sa paper, in a few cases also modern industrial paper) is with 72 volumes quite large. Most of these volumes are made leporello style, are either made of greyish paper and are written in black ink or are made of blackened paper and then wri...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese, Khun, Lao, Pali, Tai languages, and Thai
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
2643 Tiff images

17. EAP691/3/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP691/3/6
Title:
Paper manuscripts housed at the Sala Hongtham [hall for keeping Buddhist scriptures]
Scope & Content:
The collection of paper manuscripts (mostly mullberry or sa paper) is with 15 volumes relatively small. Most of these volumes are made leporello style, are either made of greyish paper and are written in black ink or are made of blackened paper and then written in white or yellow ink or chalk. Th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Lao and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
243 Tiff images

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