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Or 16007
- Record Id:
- 032-001608366
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608366
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000162
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189261489.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16007
- Title:
- Extracts from the Tipiṭaka and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย
- Scope & Content:
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Fols. 1-7: Extracts from the Tipiṭaka
Fols. 8-89: 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
Fols. 90-91: Extract from the Tipiṭaka
Illustrations: 15 pairs of illustrations in water colour
Fols. 1-7: Male and female devatā
Fol. 8: Two monks (left) and two lay chanters (right) in front of decorated manuscript boxes with folding books and lay audiences
Fol. 29: Phra Malai visiting hell (naraka)
Fol. 30: Lotus offering to Phra Malai
Fol. 47: Devatā
Fol. 48: Phra Malai with Indra at Chulamani Chedi in Tavatimsa heaven, pointing toward the future Buddha Metteyya (right)
Fol. 70: Grieving lay people with a bloated corpse in a forest
Fol. 71: Peope fighting (left) and meditating man (right)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001608366", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16007: Extracts from the Tipiṭaka and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608366
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001608366
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 91 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100189261489.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Pali
Thai - Scripts:
- Khmer
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 675 mm x 135 mm
Script: 4 lines per side, 57 cm long. Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in Thailand in black ink
Binding: Brown covers with traces of gilt
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bought from UK collector, February 2004.
- Publications:
- San San May and Jana Igunma, 'Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia. (London: British Library, 2018) pp. 152, 193
- Exhibitions:
- Buddhism, British Library, 25 Oct 2019 - 23 Feb 2020
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)