Search

032-003541181 Subject History

1. EAP1150/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1
Title:
Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation
Scope & Content:
A private library of Pali and vernacular Burmese palm-leaf manuscripts from Burma. Custodial history: The manuscripts were collected by Peter Skilling over the past several decades. Additional date information: Manuscripts included in the collection were created/copied between the 17th–20th ce...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
70296 TIFF images

2. EAP1150/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/2
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript. Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Additional date information: Copied c. 1890 Keywords: Buddhism, History. This manuscript contains the following 4 texts: EAP1150/1/2/1: Mahābodhivaṃsa pāṭha Description: ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
c 1890
Extent:
231 TIFF images

3. EAP1150/1/50

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/50
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Plain teak covers. Plain ungilded leaves. Woven cotton wrapper with white cotton background. 23 gilded leaves in Burmese-Pāḷi unidentified text and one plain unidentified leaf of Burmese verse found. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Condition of original material: Good condition. Additional da...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
169 TIFF images

4. EAP1150/1/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/23
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript that originally, most likely, was a collection of nine historiographic works known as Vaṅ kuiḥ vaṅ. Only three of nine fascicles currently survive. Black lac. covers; the top cover does not fit this ms. Gilded leaves with vermilion band has decorated edges in r...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
181 TIFF images

5. EAP1150/1/81

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/81
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Composite bundle made of parts of two originally different manuscripts merged together due to the similarity of content. Two different covers: one black lac. and one plain teak with decoration on the top of cover. Red lac. leaves. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Additional date information: Co...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1767-1782
Extent:
288 TIFF images

6. EAP1150/1/258

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/258
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript. Plain teak covers with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Additional date information: Copied 1872-3 Keywords: Remove, History, Buddhism, Buddhist practice, Liturgy. This manuscript conta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
1872-1873
Extent:
235 TIFF images

7. EAP1150/1/171

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/171
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Mixed palm-leaf manuscript combining parts of three different bundles. Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves with vermilion band.Decorated woven cotton ribbon. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Additional date information: Copied c. 18–19th centuries Keywords: Buddhism, Remove, Sutta-pitaka, History. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
279 TIFF images

8. EAP1150/1/238

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/238
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Mixed bundle featuring parts of what has originally been two different manuscript bundles. Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Additional date information: Copied c. 1861-1881 Keywords: Remove, History, Buddhism, Languages and Grammar. This manuscript contains the...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
c 1861-1881
Extent:
227 TIFF images

9. EAP1150/1/280

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/280
Title:
Vā chui cañʻ vatthu
Scope & Content:
Single-text palm-leaf manuscript. Plain teak cover with gilding and vermilion band on edges. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Decorated woven cotton ribbon. Woven cotton wrapper. Bundlemark belonging to this ms. Vā chui cañ vatthu is a vernacular prose hagiography of the Buddha composed by an ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
259 TIFF images

10. EAP1150/1/103

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1150/1/103
Title:
Mixed Bundle
Scope & Content:
Mixed bundle containing parts of what looks like originally three different manuscripts. Two different covers: one red lac. and one plain teak. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript. Additional date information: Copied c. 19th century Keywords: Abhidhamma, Buddhism...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Burmese and Pali
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
151 TIFF images