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Egerton MS 852 A
- Record Id:
- 040-001983917
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001983916
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000116.0x00031f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 852 A
- Title:
- [Horoscope]
- Scope & Content:
-
Verse on horoscope. Numbered က-ခဲ.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burmese Collection
Egerton Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001983916
040-001983917 - Is part of:
- Egerton MS 852 A-C : A MANUSCRIPT written in the Burmese character, upon 32 leaves of the talipot tree; 5 in. x 2 in. ; -A piece of wood in the form…
Egerton MS 852 A : [Horoscope] - Hierarchy:
- 032-001983916[0001]/040-001983917
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton MS 852 A-C
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume; 33 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Burmese
- 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 with lacquered and gilded edges, 33 ff. Many blank leaves.
Dimensions: 140 mm x 60 mm.
Script: Burmese script, 8-9 lines per side.
Binding: Leaves are placed between wooden black lacquered boards and bound with a white string that has a round red stone weight on one end and a wooden pointer on the other.
- Custodial History:
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'Olim. Bibl. Halliwell 310'. From the library of James Orchard Halliwell (1820-89), who acquired the manuscript from 'the sale of Capt. Coxe's Museum, an officer in the Burmese War'. Halliwell's collection was sold to Thomas Rodd. Patricia Herbert, 'The Making of a Collection: Burmese manuscripts in the British Library', The British Library Journal 15 (Spring 1989), pp. 60-61.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Egerton Collection (bought by the British Museum with Egerton Collection funds). Purchased from bookseller Thomas Rodd, 11 August 1840.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Egerton MS 852 B. Egerton MS 852 C.