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Or 16100
- Record Id:
- 032-002360058
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002360058
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000094.0x00008c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189170525.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16100
- Title:
- Buddhist texts and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย, with illustrations from The Ten Birth Tales ทสชาติ
- Scope & Content:
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Extracts from Abhidhamma, Vinayapitaka, Suttantapitaka.
Phra Malai.
Illustrations: 17 pages with finest illustrations from the Ten birth tales and from the legend of a famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell. With two additional illustrations, one showing a monk's funeral and another large illustration over five folios showing Mount Meru
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002360058", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16100: Buddhist texts and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย, with illustrations from The Ten Birth Tales ทสชาติ" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002360058
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002360058
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 55 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100189170525.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Pali
Thai - Scripts:
- Khmer
- Start Date:
- 1894
- End Date:
- 1894
- Date Range:
- 1894
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Central Thailand.
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 675 mm x 145 mm
Script: 5 lines per side. Khom script, a variant of Khmer script used in Thailand
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bought from Robert Stolper, January 2005.
- Publications:
-
Igunma, Jana: Phra Malai and Birth Tales. In: A cabinet of Oriental curiosities, an album for Graham Shaw from his colleagues. Ed. by Annabel Gallop. London: British Library, 2006, p. 30
San San May and Jana Igunma. Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia (London: British Library, 2018) pp. 48-49, 167, 222, 228.
Igunma, Jana and San San May (eds.): 'Buddhism. Origins, traditions and contemporary life.' London: British Library, 2019, p.77.
- Exhibitions:
- Buddhism, British Library, 25 Oct 2019 - 23 Feb 2020
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)