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Or 2629

Record Id:
032-002409661
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002409661
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2629
Title:

Various Buddhist texts

Scope & Content:

A: (Includes a handwritten note by Henry Ginsburg.)

1: 'Mahawibak phuk thuan song, Mahawi phuk thuan 2'.

2: 'Mahawibak phuk 8', 'Mahawibak phuk thuan 8'. Dated '1218' = 1856 AD, at Sri Doi Thong.

3: 'Mahawibak phuk thuan 13', 'Mahawibak phuk thuan 13'. Dated '1218' = 1856 AD, at Chom Thong.

4: 'Mahawibak phuk thuan 6 (4)', 'Mahawibak phuk 4'.

B: 'Bathama sambotthi phuk thuan 7'. Dated '1199' = 1837 AD. (Includes a handwritten note by Henry Ginsburg.)

C: 'Thammabatha'. Dated '1204' = 1842 AD. (Includes a handwritten note by Henry Ginsburg.)

D: (Includes a handwritten note by Henry Ginsburg.)

1: 'Bathama sambotthi phuk thuan ton'.

2: 'Bathama sambothi phuk 2'. Dated '1199' = 1837 AD.

E: 'Thammachakkabawatanasut'. Dated 'phan song roi 4' = 1842 AD. (Includes a handwritten note by Henry Ginsburg.)

F: 'Phutthabathana phuk ton'. Dated '1133' = 1771 AD. Leaves 10 and 22 damaged. (Includes a handwritten note by Henry Ginsburg.)

G: Fragment of Vessantara Jataka. (Includes a handwritten note by Henry Ginsburg.)

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
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Container:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:

A-G. A: 4 bundles, B: 1 bundle, C: 1 bundle, D: 2 bundles, E: 1 bundle, F: 1 bundle, G: 1 bundle.

Digitised Content:
Languages:
Pali
Thai
Scripts:
Tai Tham (Lanna)
Start Date:
1760
End Date:
1860
Date Range:
18-19th centuries
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: palm leaf manuscript (bai lan).

Dimensions: 460 mm x 46 mm.

Script: 5 lines per leaf, Northern Thai Tham script.

Custodial History:
Purchasedfrom Carl Bock Esq and accessioned into the British Museum collections on 22 Nov 1882. Carl Alfred Bock (1849-1932) was a natural scientist and traveller. Son of a merchant, brought up and educated in Oslo. After bird- and data collecting expeditions in Indonesia, he went on an expedition to Thailand (then Siam) and what is now northern Thailand in 1881-2, including visits to the towns of Bangkok and Ayutthaya in central Thailand, Raheng (Tak) in the west, and in the north, Lamphun, Lakhon (Lampang), Chiangmai, Fang, Kiang Hai (Chiang Rai), and Kiang Tsen (Chiang Saen). Also travelled in Sichuan (Szechuan) and Tibet in 1893. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG121369
Source of Acquisition:
British Museum, 1973.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)