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Add ms 4849 B
- Record Id:
- 032-003414615
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003414615
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061195692.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add ms 4849 B
- Title:
- Kammavācā
- Scope & Content:
-
Kammavācā, a sacred Buddhist ordination text. Incomplete.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Burmese Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003414615", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add ms 4849 B: Kammavācā" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003414615
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003414615
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Pali
- Scripts:
- Burmese
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Palm leaf, gilt, 2 ff. The second leaf is the penultimate of the original manuscript and has some flower and leaf designs in black paint.
Dimensions: 500 mm x 65 mm.
Script: Pali (Burmese square script), 4 lines per side, in black paint.
Binding: Between a pair of bevelled wooden binding boards, 540 mm x 90 mm, lacquered and delicately gilt with 7 roundels, with birds and plants. Much faded.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Presented by Mrs. Mead, 12 July, 1771.
On binding board "4849, Presented by Mrs. Mead, before 1782".
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Add MS 4849 A (stringed together with same binding boards), Add MS 4850 A&B.