Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Union Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts
[SBB-PK] Hs. or. 6603
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
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Common data
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| Classmark | |
| ↳ current | Hs. or. 6603 |
| ↳ alternate | Editor classmark : N° 00123 |
| 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. p. 4, 1: namo tassa bhagavato harahato sammasambuddhassa … |
| End of the text | E. Face B. p. 202, 5: … bra suttanta piḍakāra niṭṭhita cap |
| Subject matter | 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 paperboards |
| Writing material | |
| ↳ Material | bark |
| ↳ Colour | yellowish-white |
| ↳ State of preservation | The book is in good condition |
| Number of folios | 202 p. |
| Dimensions | 58x5 |
| Number of columns | 2 |
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| ↳ Ink | black |
| Illustrations | Three pairs of illustrations on either side of a double opening, in Thai style with dark backgrounds and floral borders in gilt and water colour; they represent a legendary famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell.
Face A: 2 pairs of lavish illustrations (pp. 4-19; 56-57) Face B: 1 pair of lavish illustrations (pp. 199-200) |
| Remarks | Very neat and beautiful Khom scripts (a variant of Khmer script often used in central Thai religious manuscripts) written in black ink pen by the same hand in two 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_00000111 |
| MyCoRe ID | KOHDKhmerMSBook_manuscript_00000111 (XML view) |
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