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EAP326/1
- Record Id:
- 032-002410661
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002410661
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023433188.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP326/1
- Title:
- Collection of photographs at Vat Saen Sukharam, Luang Prabang, Laos, established by Pha Khamchan Virachitta, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam [1920s-2008]
- Scope & Content:
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The collection holds mostly photographs of the Theravada Buddhist world of Laos and Luang Prabang, taken by monks or Buddhist laypeople since the 1850s, with a small number of images that are reproductions of earlier prints or paintings. A small number of texts, certificates, or documents are also present. The subject matter includes images of Buddha statues, Buddhist ceremonies, people’s festivals, landscape/architecture, monastery/architecture, meetings/conferences, group portraits of laypeople with and without monks, group and individual portraits of monks, meditation images, pictures relating to the royal court, and a large number of portraits of Pha Khamchan Virachitta as well as rich travel material (pilgrimages and visits of the Lao diaspora after the Pathet Lao revolution). The photographs, found in cabinets and in a number of frames, were collected while the contributor lived as a Buddhist monk and abbot at Vat Saen Sukharam, Luang Prabang.
Copyright by the Lao Buddhist Fellowship, Luang Prabang District
Annotations and inscriptions in Lao, Pali (Tham script), French, Khmer, Thai and English
The total number of photographs from Vat Saen is 7,509 prints and 2,911 negatives and transparencies.
Scans and digital photography. All items are scanned recto; if there are annotations on the back, there is also a verso scan.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Buddhist archive of photography, Luang Prabang, Laos
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002410661
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP326/1/1 : Collection of photographs at Vat Saen Sukharam, Luang Prabang, Laos, established by Pha Khamchan Virachitta, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam…
EAP326/1/2 : Collection of photographs at Vat Saen Sukharam, Luang Prabang, Laos, established by Phra Khamchan Virachitto, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam…
EAP326/1/3 : Collection of photographs at Vat Saen Sukharam, Luang Prabang, Laos, established by Phra Khamchan Virachitto, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam…
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- 032-002410661
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 10631 TIFF Images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP326-1 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Lao
- Scripts:
- Lao
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 2008
- Date Range:
- 1920s-2008
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP326 Buddhist archive of photography, Luang Prabang, Laos project with the permission of Pha Khamchan Virachitta, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Hans Georg Berger, September 2011 (Accession Record EAP326/1)
- Arrangement:
- Items in “Cabinet”-type containers were found in cabinets in the monastery buildings. Items in “Frame”-type containers were in frames hanging on the walls of the monastery buildings. Items found in albums are listed as “Album”-type containers. Consecutive numbers assigned to the items from albums reflects their original order within each album.
- Administrative Context:
- EAP326 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. This collection created digital copies of records held by Pha Khamchan Virachitta, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam.
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies have been deposited with The Buddhist Archive of Photography (Luang Prabang) and The National Library of Laos.
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held by the Buddhist Archive of Photography, Luang Prabang. A very small number of items has been given back to Vat Saen Sukharam.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)