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Or 12040
- Record Id:
- 032-002787544
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002787544
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023415792.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189174988.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12040
- Title:
-
'Buddhanussati'
- Scope & Content:
-
On recollection of the Buddha, explaining mindfulness with the Buddha’s virtues as objects.
This is the first of the Four Guardian Meditations.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burmese Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002787544", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 12040: Buddhanussati" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002787544
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002787544
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 142 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100189174988.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Pali
Shan - Scripts:
- Shan
- Start Date:
- 1866
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1866
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: paper folding book (pap tup)
Dimensions: 400 mm x 170 mm
Script: 8 lines per side, 340 mm long. Shan script in black ink
Binding: Embossed gold covers studded with multi-colored mirror glass for lavish floral decoration.
- Custodial History:
- 13th June1953, Bought of Mr. J. Felton
- Source of Acquisition:
- British Museum, 1973.
- Publications:
- San San May and Jana Igunma, Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia (London: British Library 2018), p. 116
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)