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3131. Or 14907

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14907
Title:
Bắc Sứ Thủy Lục Địa Đô = The northwards embassy by land and water from Hanoi to Beijing
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a complete visual record of the route from Bắc Thành (present-day Hanoi) through China to Beijing taken by envoys of the Vietnamese Emperor Tu Duc (r.1847-1883) on their tribute-bearing mission in 1880. This work was probably created as an archival record of the journey. Road...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Vietnamese
Date Range:
1880
Extent:
69 folios

3132. Or 14956

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14956
Title:
'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:
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: Ten pairs of illustrations in good quality
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
96 folios

3133. Or 15039

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15039
Title:
Kitāb al-Sayyid al-jalīl al-mu‘aẓẓam al-faḍīl allādhī shayyada arkān al-Islām wa-daḥaḍa min al-kufr al-a‘lām wa-ḥallal wa-shar‘a al-ḥallāl wa-ḥarama al-ḥarām كتاب السيد الجليل المعظم الفصيل الذي شيّد أركان الإسلام ودحض من الكفر الأعلام وحلّل وشرع الحلال وحرم الحرام al-Tanūkhī, Jamāl al-Dīn ‘Abd Allāh التنوخي، جمال الدين عبد الله
Scope & Content:
Druze treatise by the Druze Shaykh Amīr Jamāl al-Dīn ‘Abd Allāh al-Tanūkhī (الأمير جمال الدين عبد الله التنوخي; d. 1479).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
Codex; ff. 166

3134. Or 15245

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15245
Title:
'Traiphum' ไตรภูมิ
Scope & Content:
Contains text in Pali entitled 'Dhammasangini'. Illustrations: Illustrations of the different levels of the world and heavens covering 30 folios.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
98 folios

3135. Or 15246

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15246
Title:
Phra sūt and Phra Mālai พระสูตร พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:
Bot sūat mon (texts for chanting and sūtra) with extracts from the Vinaya Pitaka and the legend of Phra Malai, a Buddhist monk who travelled to heaven and hell. A colophon at the end of the text gives the date B.E. 2423 (1880 CE). Illustrations: Illustrations of figures from the Buddhist myth...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali
Date Range:
1880
Extent:
76 folios

3136. Or 15596

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15596
Title:
Yantras ยันต๎
Scope & Content:
Manual containing yantra designs for various purposes including tattooing, the production of protective clothes and battle standards. Illustrations: Yantra designs on all folios
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
30 folios

3137. Or 15877

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15877
Title:
Quran
Scope & Content:
Qur’ān, in Arabic, a copy from Madura. f.297v: colophon in Arabic and Javanese (read by T. Pudjiastuti): kala tahun ja.s.ra.nga wulan eni tanggal ?22 dinten soma panca wala kumala, 'in the year ?jasranga the month eni, on the ?22, on Monday, [the wuku] panca wala kumala', with the name 'Abd al-...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
297 folios

3138. Or 15913

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15913
Title:
Quran
Scope & Content:
Qur’ān, in Arabic, a copy from Daghistan. The colophon on f. 277v, which names the scribe as Zayn al-Din and the place of writing as Sabah in Brunei, has been shown to be a later (probably modern fraudulent) addition (Gallop 2017: 120). Text frames of 2 ruled red lines. Verse (ayah) markers ar...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
277 folios

3139. Or 15925

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15925
Title:
Mahābuddhaguna มหาพุทธคุณ
Scope & Content:
Fols. 1-12: Extracts from Tipitaka, Fols. 12-16.1: Extracts from Abhidhamma (reprise), Fols. 16.2-21.1: Sahassanaya, Fols. 21.2-42: Mahābuddhaguna (part1), Fols. 43-59: Mahābuddhaguna (part2), Fols. 60-71: Suttas (Girimānandasutta, Mahākassapa-bojjhanga and Mahamoggalāna-bojjhanga) Il...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
71 folios

3140. Or 16007

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16007
Title:
Extracts from the Tipiṭaka and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
Scope & Content:
Fols. 1-7: Extracts from the Tipiṭaka Fols. 8-89: 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 Fols. 90-91: Extract from the Tipiṭaka Illustrations: 15 pairs of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Pali and Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
91 folios

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