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EAP1221/3/1/6
- Record Id:
- 040-004548942
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004548935
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100188553540.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1221/3/1/6
- Title:
- དཔེ་ཆ
- Additional Titles:
-
dpe cha
A Pecha. A Tibetan book, made of sheets of paper, in imitation of the Indian palm-leaf manuscripts.
- Scope & Content:
- An untitled handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on old handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless " Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. A long text with no cover. 36 x 11 opening up to approx 36 x 22cm. Incompete. A book of stone songs Tho lu (tib. མཐོ་གླུ་ wylie. mtho glu) or (tib. ཐོ་གླུ་ wylie tho glu).
Extent: One book consisting of 12 folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 36cm x 22cm, folding to 36cm x 11 cm.
Condition of original material: Long text with no cover. 36cm x 11cm opening up to 36 x 22 cm Old handmade paper, Darkened through usage, much smudging of the brown ink, though not of the text itself which is legible throughout. One page exists only as a fragment attached to a brown cloth rear cover. Incomplete.
Arrangement: A collection of texts kept in a box within the prayer room of the owner. The precise country of origin is unknown. However it is almost certain that the original text was created in Tibet, though the specific material in question may have been copied locally in Spiti (India) at a later date.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Culturally-Tibetan Household Archives of Spiti
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004548935
036-004548936
040-004548942 - Is part of:
- EAP1221/3 : Sonam Palden Collection
EAP1221/3/1 : Wedding texts
EAP1221/3/1/6 : དཔེ་ཆ - Hierarchy:
- 032-004548935[0001]/036-004548936[0006]/040-004548942
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1221/3
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 23
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1221-3-1-6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Tibetan
- Scripts:
- Tibetan
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- Late 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC.
- Arrangement:
- A collection of texts kept in a box within the prayer room of the owner
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives Gangchen Kyishong Dharamsala 176215 HP, India Tel: +91 9218422467
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in The household of Sonam Palden, Spiti
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)