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Or 16790
- Record Id:
- 032-002447653
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002447653
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000034417.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16790
- Title:
- 'Kammawacha' กมฺมวาจา
- Scope & Content:
- Kammawacha (Kammavaca), dated '1238' = 1876 AD.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002447653", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16790: 'Kammawacha' กมฺมวาจา" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002447653
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002447653
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 23 leaves
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16790 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Pali
- Scripts:
- Tai Tham (Lanna)
- Start Date:
- 1876
- End Date:
- 1876
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: palm leaf manuscript (bai lan).
Dimensions: 556 mm x 55 mm.
Script: 5 lines per leaf, Northern Thai Tham script.
Binding: Bound in red wooden covers with gold floral decoration.
Wrapper: Cotton and bamboo wrapper, size 550 mm x 430 mm, made from 34 bamboo slatsinserted instead of weft during the weaving process on the loom. Naturally dyed, hand-spun cotton alternated with chemical dyed red, blackand blue cotton yarns. The four sides of the hem are sewn with white hand-wovencotton lining. It is a popular manuscript textile-making style of the Tai-Lao ethnic groups in Thailand's northern and north-eastern regions.
- Publications:
- San San May and Jana Igunma. Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia (London: British Library, 2018) p. 24
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)