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Or 14732
- Record Id:
- 032-001608357
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608357
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000159
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189260690.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 14732
- Title:
- 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย and other Buddhist texts
- Scope & Content:
-
Legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell.
Fols. 1-3: Vinayapitaka - Suttavibhanga - Pārājika
Fols. 3-9: Suttantapitaka - Dīghanikāya - Brahmajālasutta - Sahassaneyya
Fols. 9-12: Abhidhammamātika - Dhammasanganī - Vibhanga - Dhatukathā - Puggalapannatti - Kathāvatthu - Yamaka - Mahāpatthāna
Fols. 12-93 Phra Mālai.
Illustrations: Ten illustrated folios in very fine painting style representing Phra Malai, celestial beings (devata), and the tortures of the damned in hell
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608357
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001608357
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 93 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100189260690.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Pali
Thai - Scripts:
- Khmer
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 680 mm x 140 mm
Script: 5 lines per page. Unique manuscript with text in gold on lacquer (ff. 1-5) and patterned borders (ff. 1-5, 7-8, 10). Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in Thailand in black ink. Dated 2400 = 1857 A.D.
Binding: One black laquer cover, one missing
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bought from Paul E. Stolper, 1992.
- Exhibitions:
- Writing: Making Your Mark, British Library, 26 April 2019 - 27 August 2019
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)