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Or 6630

Record Id:

032-001608332

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001608332

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000140

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100189173658.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 6630

Title:

Extracts from the Tipiṭaka and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย

Scope & Content:

Fols. 1-9: Extracts from the Tipiṭaka

Fols. 10-88: Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell.

Colophon on fol. 88 in Thai script giving date B.E. 2418: 'หนังสือพระมาไลเลมนี ข้าพเจ้ามีสัทาชรางไว้ในพระพุทสาษน้า สำเรดแล้วในปีมะโรงสำเรชีศก พระพุทศักราชลวงแล้วสองพรรสี่รอยสิบเบดพรรษา ขอให้เปนปัจใจยแกโพถิญาน ในอะนาคตะการ ภายภากหน้าโนนเทืดๆ๐ๆ (later added note after the colophon in different hand and different pen mentions a different date in a maseng year)

Illustrations: 14 paired illustrations in water colour

Fol. 1: Indra and Brahma

Fol. 9: Four monks with fans

Fol. 10: Phra Malai visiting hell (naraka)

Fol. 28: Lotus flower offering to Phra Malai

Fol. 43: Phra Malai meets Indra at Chulamani Chedi in Tāvatiṃsa heaven, pointing toward the future Buddha Metteyya on the right side

Fol. 56: Phra Malai with Indra and devatā (left), the future Buddha Metteyya (right)

Fol. 71: Phra Malai teaching lay people (left), heavenly palace with devatā (right)

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001608332

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-001608332

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

92 folios

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100189173658.0x000001

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Languages:

Pali
Thai

Scripts:

Khmer

Start Date:

1875

End Date:

1875

Date Range:

1875

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)

Dimensions: 660 mm x 140 mm

Script: 5-6 lines per page, 60 cm long. Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in Thailand

Custodial History:

Bought of W. O. Oldman, May 6. 1905

Source of Acquisition:

British Museum, 1973.

Publications:

San San May and Jana Igunma, 'Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia' (London: British Library, 2018) pp. 90-1

Exhibitions:

Thai Manuscripts, British Library, London, January 1983 - November 1983

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)