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Add MS 11554

Record Id:
032-002109327
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002109327
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000040.0x000309
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 11554
Title:

Mūla-Paññāsa มูลปันนาส [11,554]

Scope & Content:

The Mūla-Paññāsa (The First Fifty Discourses, also spelled Mulapannasa) of the Majjhima-nikāya, imperfect at the end.

Possibly dated 1752.

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002109327
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002109327
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
428 leaves
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Pali
Scripts:
Khmer
Start Date:
1780
End Date:
1850
Date Range:
1780-1850
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Palm leaves (bai lān), with gilt and lacquered edges

Dimensions: 550 mm x 50 mm

Script: 5 lines per side, 470 mm long. In Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in central Thailand.

Binding: Bamboo stick, Cotton and Silk

Size: Wrapper, size 62 cm x 78 cm, made of 16 bamboopieces with lacquer on one side that are joined together with white cotton ropethreaded through holes in the bamboo ribs and two layers of fabric sewntogether in white cotton and yellow silk at the hem. This yellow silk is factory-madein India, demonstrating the wealth of the person offering it. Red, yellow, and white stripes on the hem indicate that the fabric was woven in a factory. Inscribed ivory title indicator, 2.2 x 21 x 0.4 cm (in the northern Thai language called"Mai Panjak" or "Mai Panchak Dhamma") inscribed in Khmer script, attached to a long handwoven yellow cord made from silkthreads, 764 cm long. Both ivory and silk reflect the wealth of the person offering it.

"Mai Panjak" is typically made of wood and is wrapped aroundthe outside of the manuscript, often used to inform the reader of the title ortopic of the manuscript contained within that package, facilitating the searchfor the desired scriptures from the manuscript chest.

Bamboo stick, Cotton and Silk

Size: 62x78 cm.

Manuscript textile is made of 16 bamboopieces with lacquer on one side that are joined together with white cotton ropethreaded through holes punched in the bamboo ribs and two layers of fabric sewntogether in white cotton and yellow silk at the hem. This yellow silk is madein India by a factory, demonstrating the wealth of the person offering it.

Custodial History:
Presented by John Barlow Hoy Esq, 30 March 1839
Former Internal References:
[28.d.up.]
Source of Acquisition:
British Museum, 1973.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)