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EAP177/1
- Record Id:
- 032-002455272
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002455272
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022741744.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP177/1
- Title:
- Collection of photographs at Vat Saen Sukharam [1876-2008]
- 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 1880s, 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 Phra Khamchan Virachitto as well as rich travel material (pilgrimages and visits of the Lao diaspora after the Pathet Lao revolution). The photographs were collected while the contributor lived as a Buddhist monk and abbot at Vat Saen Sukharam, Luang Prabang.
6966 items. Scans and digital photography
Original material consist of: silver gelatine DOP prints (some hand coloured), chromogenic prints, monochrome halftone prints, colour halftone prints, laser prints/photocopies, inkjet prints, original paintings, texts/documents, other/unknown. Some prints are reproductions of earlier images.
Annotations and inscriptions: Lao, Pali (Tham script), French, Khmer, Thai
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Buddhist archive of photography, Luang Prabang, Laos
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002455272
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP177/1/1 : Photographs at Vat Saen Sukharam [1876-2008]
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- 032-002455272
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 8085 TIFF Images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP177-1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
Undetermined - Scripts:
- Not applicable
Undetermined - Start Date:
- 1876
- End Date:
- 2008
- Date Range:
- 1876-2008
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP177 Buddhist Archive of Photography, Luang Prabang, Laos project, with the permission of Phra Khamchan Virachitto, Abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Hans Georg Berger, July 2009 (Accession Record EAP177/1)
- Administrative Context:
- EAP177 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. This collection created digital copies of records held by Phra Khamchan Virachitto, 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)