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[DE-SBB] Ms. or. fol. 4130

Classmark
  • Ms. or. fol. 4130
Title
  • Phra-Malai
Collection

Content

Title

↳ in Ms.
  • Hān2 t”an bra dhamm cet kām rām hān2 klāṅ1 bra mālai hān2 plā(y) bra si āriya maitrī cap paripuñ lèv° naddān ey yā1 snaṃ de leyaṃṅ; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
↳ wie in Referenz
  • Phra-Malai
Subject matter
Region
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 Theravada Buddhism
Completeness
Language
Script
Beginning
  • B. face A p. 3-4, l: tassa bhagavato arahato sammā sambuddhassa …
End of the text
  • E. p. face B 70, 2: … pān sāmā braḥ secca kho2 sūnira bvān / cap1 paripūṇṇa
Remarks
  • Very nice and neat Khom (a variant of Khmer script often used in central Thai religious manuscripts) script in black ink pen by different handwritings on both recto and verso in 1 or 2 columns

Description of the object

Record type
Format
Number of volumes
  • 1
Binding
  • 2 covers in thick black lacquered

Writing material

↳ Material
↳ Colour
↳ State of preservation
  • The manuscript is in good condition
Number of folios
  • 95 p.
Dimensions
  • 14,5x65
Number of lines
  • 5

Script

↳ Ink
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 nine pairs of water colour illustrations representing a legendary famous Buddhist monk known as Phra Malai who visited heaven and hell.
    Face A – 8 pairs (pp. 3-4; 5-6; 7-8; 9-10; 11-12; 19-20; 50; 74-75-51 lavish illustrations in between text in block ink on white paper
    Face B – 1 pair (pp. 81-82 with floral decorations in between lines)
Miniatures
  • 14

History of the object

Provenienz

Accession number
  • 1924.80
Provenienz
  • 1924
  • Preis: 400 Mark

Access and usage

Collection
Project
Classmark
  • Ms. or. fol. 4130
↳ alternate
  • Editor classmark : N° 00160
  • Accession number : 1924.80
Editor
  • Hélène Bru-Nut
status of edit
  • First input complete
Static URL
https://www.qalamos.net/receive/DE1Book_manuscript_00017191
MyCoRe ID
DE1Book_manuscript_00017191 (XML view)
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