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Or 16761
- Record Id:
- 032-002254854
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002254854
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000063.0x0001f6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189163959.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16761
- Title:
- [Royal entertainments]
- Scope & Content:
-
Illustrations of court entertainments with captions. Contains 17 scenes in water colour, enclosed in yellow panels, with short descriptions in Burmese below.
(1) Capturing a white elephant (ff. 1-2)
(2) Camping cooking (ff. 3)
(3) A royal procession (ff. 4- 6)
(4) Ceremonial ploughing (ff. 7-9)
(5) Catching elephants (ff. 10-12)
(6) Javelin throwing (ff. 13-15)
(7) Coronation ceremonies (ff. 16-18)
(8) Elephant fighting (ff. 19-21)
(9) A royal procession on foot (ff. 22- 24)
(10) Blessing ceremony (ff. 25-26)
(11) Traditional cane ball or chinlon game (ff. 27-28)
(12) Dance performance for the royalty (ff. 29-30)
(13) Burmese boxing (ff. 31)
(14) Tiger fighting (ff. 32-33)
(15) Cock fighting (ff. 34)
(16) Royal Barge procession (ff.36-37)
(17) Paying tribute to the king (ff. 38-40)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burmese Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002254854", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16761: [Royal entertainments]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002254854
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002254854
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 40 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100189163959.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Burmese
- Scripts:
- Burmese
- 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 (parabaik), cream, 40 ff. The end covers are gilded and red lacquered, with drawings of deva hands in a gesture of adoration holding lotuses in veneration of the Buddha. Scenes in water colour enclosed in yellow panels.
Dimensions: 400 mm x 180 mm.
Script: Captions in Burmese script.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Mr & Mrs Macfarlane, London, October 2010.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)