Abhidhamma chet kamphi : Phra Malai, 1860s or 1870s.

Abstract:

Illustrated manuscript of the Abhidhamma chet kamphi (chanting prompts for text chanted at funerals), followed by the popular story of Phra Malai (a monk who visits heaven and hell), a sutta-like prelude about the Buddha giving a sermon about the Abhidhamma in Vesali after giving it to his mother in heaven, and a second copy of the beginning of the Abhidhamma chet kamphi.

Date:

1860

Identifier:

9960732853503681; (OCoLC)ocn865510416; (OCoLC)865510416; (PU)6073285-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Pali

Provenance:

Names of two patrons, Nai Rak (Mr. Rak) and Mae Khong (Mother Khong), written on the cover.; Sold from the estate of Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker at auction at Sloans & Kenyon, 14-16 June 2013, lot 466.; Sold to Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker in the 1950s or 1960s; Konrad Bekker worked for the State Department in Asia and Sarah Bekker was an art historian.

Subject:

Buddhism.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai -- Specimens.; Buddhism -- Rituals.; Heaven -- Buddhism.; Heaven.; Hell -- Buddhism.; Manuscripts.; Manuscripts, Digital.; Folded books.; Illuminations (visual works); Manuscripts, Thai.; Specimens.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (198 folios) : paper, color illustrations; 14.5 x 68 cm

Personal Name:

Māleyya.; Bekker, Konrad, died 1981, former owner.; Nai Rak, associated name.; Bekker, Sarah M., died 2013, former owner.; Mae Khong, associated name.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Samut khoi paper, mostly white but with several colored folios, with writing in black but occasionally in gold; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.; Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper; text on upper cover in gold.; Manuscript illustrated with images of monks, corpses, and Phra Malai episodes, in the style of Krua In Khong, possibly by one of his students; informal sketches in pencil of three figures (f. B47).; Written in 10 lines per illustrated folio, 11-12 lines per text folio.; Probably written in the 1890s (Justin McDaniel).; Probably written and illustrated in or near Bangkok in the 1860s (Justin McDaniel).; In Pali (Abhidhamma chet kamphi) and Thai (Phra Malai) (Khom).

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 990

Collection:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts.