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Or 8853
- Record Id:
- 032-002363506
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002363506
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000094.0x0000ca
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 8853
- Title:
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Haṅs yant, fascicles 1 and 2
- Scope & Content:
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Cover leaf title: neḥ sātrā sūvān kūm""ār tasīr c'abb nūv thgaiyº 6 14+ 7 chnāṃ khāl doś""ā.
End of fascicle 1 and most of fascicle 2 of a Khmer verse novel, perhaps composed as early as the late seventeenth century. Scribal note on back cover reads, in Thai: ขอ ท่านเจ้าคุณได้เอ็นดูเถิดท่านเอ๋ย.
Dated 1830 [Friday, 14th waxing day of the 7th month, year of the tiger, 2nd of the decade (equivalent to 4 June 1830 CE)]
Note in English in black ink on European paper reads: 'Legend. A certain person goes out to seek a wife finds one in the daughter of a Brahmin. She becomes pregnant and is to be beheaded.'
Notes in Thai language and Thai script on front cover and fol. 57
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002363506", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 8853: Haṅs yant, fascicles 1 and 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002363506
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002363506
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 57 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Pali
Thai - Scripts:
- Khmer
Latin
Thai - Start Date:
- 1830
- End Date:
- 1830
- Date Range:
- 1830
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Folding book (Thai: samut khoi); Khmer: kraing), blackened paper
Dimensions: 363 mm x 113 mm
Script: Early-19th-century Khmer jrīeṅ script, with 19th-century Thai on back in yellow ink
Binding: Black covers - Custodial History:
- British Museum acquisition stamp on fol. 1, 1921.
'Bequeathed by Darea Baroness Zouche. 13 Oct. 1917'
- Former External References:
- 22.A.b
- Source of Acquisition:
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British Museum, 1973
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)