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| Object Number: | 51-9-5 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Culture: | Thai Buddhist |
| Provenience: | Thailand |
| Period: | 18th Century |
| Date Made: | 1700 - 1799 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1799 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Palm Leaf Stain Varnish |
| Technique: | Incised Stained Varnished |
| Iconography: | Buddhist Literature King Precious Jewel Narrative Buddhist Stories |
| Height: | 4.5cm |
| Width: | 53cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. W. H. Kneedler, 1951 |
| Other Number | M39 - Levitt Number L-1-54 - Other Number |
Description
Thai manuscript fragments. 19 leaves from the middle of an unidentified Pali text, housed with 2 leaves from a narrative text about a king and a precious jewel in Thai with Pali words (Lanna). Two lateral hoes. Black powder rubbed into incised letters, with varnish applied to a few sections of text or to a few words only. Parts of right abnd left margins chipped off. The script is written in a small and well-controlled hand, but nevertheless gives an elegant appearance. There is a fair amount of interlacing between the lines. Written in 5 lines per leaf (51-9-5.1) and 4 lines per leaf (51-9-5.2).
Leaves of palm leaf with two central holes approximately 21 cm (51-9-5.1) and 19.5 cm (51-9-5.2) apart; faded red edges on leaves of longer text (51-9-5.1); most ends damaged, 2 leaves partial (f. 17-18), and one comprised of 3 small fragments (f. 19). Longer text foliated with letters starting with M, so the beginning of this manuscript is lacking (51-9-5.1); one of the leaves in the shorter text is foliated ga (51-9-5.2). Written in Thailand, possibly in the 18th century.
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Levitt, Stephan H. 1980. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Indic and Greater Indic Manuscripts in the Collection of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. : Page/Fig./Plate: 144 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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