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Or 14859
- Record Id:
- 032-001608360
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608360
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00015c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 14859
- Title:
- Scenes from the Ramayana and Last Ten Jataka
- Scope & Content:
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One-line captions on each folio written in Khmer script with pencil accompany 203 drawings of scenes from the Ramayana (in Thai Ramakien, and in Khmer Reamker or Ramakerti), the Vessantara Jataka, the other nine of the last ten Jataka, and one scene from the Life of the Buddha.
Illustrations: Lavish illustrations with drawings in black ink and grey shades of water-colour and coloured water-colour paintings. The drawings and paintings are in the Thai style of the Rattankosin period (started in 1782 AD) and resemble reliefs of the Ramakien at Wat Phra Chetuphon (Wat Pho) in Bangkok dating back to the reign of King Rama III (r.1824-51).
Folios 1-157 Ramayana
Folios 158-183 Vessantara Jataka
Folios 184-185 Temiya Jataka
Folios 186-187 Mahajanaka Jataka (resting in the mango grove and uncle's funeral carriage)
Folios 188-189 Suvannasama Jataka
Folios 190-191 Bhuridatta Jataka
Folios 192-193 Nemi Jataka
Folios 194-195 Narada Jataka
Folios 196-197 Candakumara Jataka
Folios 198-199 Vidhura Jataka
Folios 200-201 Mahosadha Jataka
Folios 202-203 Prince Siddhattha cutting his hair at the Anoma river and leaving worldly life (scene from the Life of the Buddha)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608360
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001608360
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 280 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_14859 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Central Khmer
Pali - Scripts:
- Khmer
- Start Date:
- 1880
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- 1880-1900
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: European paper
Dimensions: 230 mm x 355 mm
Script: Khmer script in pencil
Binding: Bound in brown textile hardcover
- Custodial History:
- On the inside of the first un-foliated page, the French name "Couronne" is written in pencil who may have been the previous owner or the person who commissioned the drawings which were then bound in European book format.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Sam Fogg, London, 1994.
- Publications:
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San San May and Jana Igunma. Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia (London: British Library, 2018) pp. 264-265
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)