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EAP1123/4/13
- Record Id:
- 040-003708983
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003708970
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109354503.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1123/4/13
- Title:
- Phra Malai Bundle 2 (colophon missing)
- Additional Titles:
-
မှာထေလှဲ
พระมาลัย
- Scope & Content:
-
Title in Thai: พระมาลัย.
Title in Mon: မှာထေလှဲ.
Palm leaf manuscript of Phra Malai in 6 bundles. Phra Malai is legendary Buddhist monk who acquired supernatural powers through his accumulated merit. His stories are most popular in Thailand. Although the bundles appear to form a unit and were labelled and bundled as such in the temple collection, the information contained in each is slightly different. Some have titles, others do not. Bundles may not be in correct order.
Extent: 2 of 6 bundles, approximately 124 faces.
Condition of original material: Poor condition: upper and lower edges frayed; leaves are brittle; side edges broken off (making numbering impossible). Still legible, though only careful reading will show whether it is ordered correctly. Colophon missing, as are first leaves.
Custodial history: Handwriting is Thai Mon; colophon of first bundle states it was written at Bhā Prān (Wat Sālādaeng Neua) in the same province.
Scribe(s): Probably Candakummā (monk's title), same as first bundle.
Additional date information: Probably Buddhist Era 1219 (1857), though colophon is missing.
No colophon.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Recalling a Translocal Past: Digitising Thai-Mon palm-leaf manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003708970
040-003708983 - Is part of:
- EAP1123/4 : Wat Metārāng Collection
EAP1123/4/13 : Phra Malai Bundle 2 (colophon missing) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003708970[0013]/040-003708983
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1123/4
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 62 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1123-4-13 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Mon
- Scripts:
- Myanmar (burmese)
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Thailand
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
These collections are not available to request in British Library Reading Rooms.
Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Arrangement:
- Ordering follows Mon letters of alphabet, though many edges where the letters are written have broken off
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at Wat Metārāng temple [วัดเมตารางค์] in Pathumthānī Province [ปทุมธานี], Thailand.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)