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Or 14025
- Record Id:
- 032-001608344
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608344
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00014c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189197917.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 14025
- Title:
- 'Kammavaca' กรรมวาจา / ກັມມະວາຈາ
- Scope & Content:
-
Kammavaca, a Buddhist text for the ordination of monks
Illustrations: Two large paintings, one showing Prince Siddhattha's departure, the other shows a royal and a mahout on an elephant, accompanied by three horse riders.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001608344", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 14025: 'Kammavaca' กรรมวาจา / ກັມມະວາຈາ" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608344
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001608344
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 19 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_14025 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Lao
Pali - Scripts:
- Tai Tham (Lanna)
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Folding book (samut khoi), made from cloth and blackened lacquer
Dimensions: 600 mm x 100 mm
Script: 3-5 lines per side, 54 cm long. Tai Tham (Lanna) script in gold ink
Binding: Wooden covers with gilt, red and black lacquer decoration
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchasedfrom E. Moran on 18 June 1981.
- Publications:
- San San May and Jana Igunma, Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia (London: British Library 2018), p. 128-129
- Exhibitions:
- Thai Manuscripts, British Library, London, January 1983 - November 1983
The Buddha, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, 12 February 2016 - 14 August 2016 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)