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Add MS 15347
- Record Id:
- 032-001608326
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608326
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00013a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189212839.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15347
- Title:
- 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย = Maleyyatheravannana
- Scope & Content:
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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.
Fol. 2: "namo tassa… namo tassa… tilokasettham tam buddham
dhammanavaniyanikam samgham nikkhanañceva abhivadi bhasissam..."
Illustrations: Ten pairs of illustrations on either side of a double opening, in Thai style with dark backgrounds and floral borders in gilt and water colour
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608326
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001608326
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 85 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100189212839.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Pali
Thai - Scripts:
- Khmer
- Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1838
- Date Range:
- 1830-1838
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 670 mm x 130 mm
Script: 5 lines per side in black ink, in two columns, each 200-250 mm long. Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in Thailand. The manuscript is inscribed on 80 sides on one face and 68 on the other
- Custodial History:
- This manuscript was bought of a Malay or Siamese sailor at Singapore by the master of a British trading ship and has been presented to the Trustees of the British Museum by M. Thomas Mac Gill, Merchant, Liverpool 12 December 1844.
- Source of Acquisition:
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British Museum, 1973.
- Publications:
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Ginsburg, Henry, 'Thai manuscript painting' (London: British Library 1989) p. 76.
Filliozat, Jaqueline: Oriental collections British Library and India Office. EFEO Data CD-ROM version 2011. [Paris: EFEO]
- Exhibitions:
- Thai Manuscripts, British Library, London, January 1983 - November 1983
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)