Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Union Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts
[SBB-PK] Hs. or. 6563
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
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Common data
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| Classmark | |
| ↳ current | Hs. or. 6563 |
| ↳ alternate | Editor classmark : N°00116 |
| Record type | manuscript |
| Format | leporello |
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Content and history of the book
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| Language | Pali Thai language |
| Script | Khmer |
| Region | Southeast Asia |
| Completeness | complete |
| Beginning | B. Face A, 2 v, 1: namo tassa bhagavato harahato sammā sambuddhassa …. |
| End of the text | E. Face B, 54 r: sentences in Thai |
| Subject matter | Buddhism |
| Keywords | Buddhism, Literature, Jātaka Phra Malai |
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Physical description
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| Binding | Material : 2 thick black mulberry covers; 69x14,5 |
| Writing material | |
| ↳ Material | bark |
| ↳ Colour | yellowish-white |
| ↳ State of preservation | the manuscript is in good condition, with signs of humidity on the right corner inside pages; the illustrations are very well preserved |
| Number of folios | 106 p. (face A: 53 p.; face B: 53 p.) |
| Dimensions | 69x14,5 |
| Number of lines | 5 |
| Number of columns | 2 to 4 |
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| ↳ Ink | black |
| Illustrations | The manuscript is completed on both recto and verso, in Thai style with dark backgrounds and floral borders in gilt and water colour, with eleven pairs of water colour illustrations representing a legendary famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell.
Face A 7 pairs of lavish illustrations Face B 4 pairs of lavish illustrations |
| Remarks | Very nice and neat Khom script (a variant of Khmer script often used in central Thai religious manuscripts) in black ink pen by the same hand on both recto and verso |
| Project part | KOHD Khmer Manuscripts |
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Technical data
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| Editor | Hélène Bru-Nut |
| Static URL | https://orient-kohd.dl.uni-leipzig.de/receive/KOHDKhmerMSBook_manuscript_00000097 |
| MyCoRe ID | KOHDKhmerMSBook_manuscript_00000097 (XML view) |
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