Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Union Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts
[SBB-PK] Hs. or. 6602
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
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Common data
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| Classmark | |
| ↳ current | Hs. or. 6602 |
| ↳ alternate | N° 00128 |
| 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 Thai |
| Region | Southeast Asia |
| Title | |
| ↳ Established form | In Thai: Hmā taṃna phraḥ mālay dāṅ ni thesīṅto nāṅ kan sīp tharāṅ vaysaṃrap phraḥ phuthaḥ sākaḥ hnā kvā caḥ karaṃ pacaṃ narathan 5000 phraḥ vaḥ sā |
| Completeness | complete |
| Beginning | Face A, p. 4, 1: namotassa bhagavato arahato sammā sambuddhassa … |
| End of the text | Face B, p. 204, 3: … in Thai |
| Subject matter | Buddhism |
| Content | Phra Malai, or Māleyya, a Buddhist saint, was believed to have lived in Aruradhapura, Sri Lanka, during the reign of the legendary Sinhalese King Duṭṭhagāmaṇi (101-77 B.C.).
Phra Malai Kham Luang (Thai: พระมาลัยคำหลวง, pronounced [pʰráʔ mālāj kʰām lǔaŋ]) is the royal version of a Thai legendary poem of the Sri Lankan Arhat Maliyadeva whose stories are popular in Thai and Cambodian Theravada Buddhism. |
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Physical description
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| Binding | Material : The folded book is provided with a thick cover of black varnished mulberry paperboards; the covers are richly decorated with gilt floral decoration; 65x13,5 |
| Writing material | |
| ↳ Material | paper |
| ↳ Colour | yellowish-white |
| ↳ State of preservation | Good condition |
| Number of folios | 210 p.; text: face A, pp. 2 to 98; face B, pp. 111-201 |
| Dimensions | 65x13,5 |
| Number of lines | 5 |
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| ↳ Ink | black |
| ↳ Characteristics | Face B: 6 blank pages (pp. 201-206). |
| 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 twelve pairs of watercolor illustrations, a number extensively embellished with gilt, totaling twenty-four illustrations
Face A: 8 pairs of lavish illustrations (pp. 4-5; 12-13; 20-21; 46-47; 54-55; 62-63; 74-75; 90-91) Face B: 4 pairs of lavish illustrations (pp. 121-122; 139-140; 167-168; 177-178) 2 drawings of Naga richly decorated on the cover. |
| Remarks | Very nice and neat Khom (a variant of Khmer script often used in central Thai religious manuscripts) and Tv͝a kṣīen scripts in black ink pen by the same hand on both recto and verso; Thai adding in blue ink pen in Khom scripts
Face A: writing in one column; Face B: writing in 2 columns |
| 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_00000108 |
| MyCoRe ID | KOHDKhmerMSBook_manuscript_00000108 (XML view) |
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