Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Union Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts
[SBB-PK] Hs. or. 7955
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
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Common data
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| Classmark | |
| ↳ current | Hs. or. 7955 |
| ↳ alternate | Editor classmark : N°00113 |
| 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 |
| Title | |
| ↳ in Ms. | braḥ vineya braḥ sūt braḥ abbhidhamma braḥ uṇahisaḥ |
| Completeness | complete |
| Beginning | B. Face A 2, 1 r: namotassa bhagavato arahato sammasamduddhassa... |
| End of the text | E. Face B 186, 4 r: …yanāya lè svat khai āyuvaṇa |
| Subject matter | Buddhism |
| Keywords | Buddhism |
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Physical description
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| Binding | Material : the folded book is provided with a thick mulberry black lacquered covers 54,5x13,5 |
| Writing material | |
| ↳ Material | bark |
| ↳ Colour | yellowish-white |
| ↳ State of preservation | the manuscript is in very good condition |
| Number of folios | 186 p. |
| Dimensions | 54,5x13,5 |
| Number of lines | 4 |
| Catchwords | complete |
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| ↳ Ink | black gold |
| 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 four pairs of water colour illustrations representing a legendary famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell
Face A: 2 pairs of illustrations Face B: 2 pairs of illustrations |
| Remarks | Very nice and neat Khom script (a variant of Khmer script often used in central Thai religious manuscripts) by the same hand on both recto and verso; annotations in Thai in Tvā kṣīen in black ink pen; floral decorations in black and in gold in between lines; homepages are painted in black with in the centre, letters written in gold ink pen accompanied with 2 lavish illustrations at each side |
| 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_00000098 |
| MyCoRe ID | KOHDKhmerMSBook_manuscript_00000098 (XML view) |
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