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31. EAP1123/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/6
Title:
Wat Makhām Pathumthānī Collection
Scope & Content:
This is one of six collections of Thai-Mon palm leaf manuscripts digitised by the EAP1123 project team. The manuscripts were kept upstairs from a library (of regular books) and was part of a larger collection of disused or surplus temple furniture, cabinets, spires, thrones, etc. The collection...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
182 TIFF images

32. EAP1123/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/6/1
Title:
Phra Malai Illuminated Parabaik 1
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: ธรรมคดี พระมลัย. Pāli-language retelling of the Phra Malai story. Includes six faces which have been illuminated. Some Mon-language text appears at the very end, which includes what appears to be donor's name, a woman's name MI THÅṄ SYŪ, possibly a Chinese or Burmese name. Exten...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
77 TIFF images

33. EAP1123/6/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1123/6/2
Title:
Phra Malai Illuminated Parabaik 2
Scope & Content:
Title in Thai: ธรรมคดี พระมลัย. Pāli-language manuscript, probably of the Phra Malai story. Includes several illuminated faces. Last page in Mon records some information of its copying. Edges of pages decorated with abstract designs. Extent: 1 accordian-style book, approximately 298 faces, fro...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
1888
Extent:
105 TIFF images