Samut Kamphi Racharangsatthi sangkhro wa duai laksana dhatu rok borichet, 1838.

Abstract:

Medical treatise (Tamra ya) in Thai by a royal physician; the manuscript's title translates as A royal comprehensive guide to chemistry containing the elements and characteristics of all the known and observed diseases. Bhamuan (encyclopedic guide) of the known diseases that covers the 22 types of characteristics of diseases. According to the colophon, the text also provides descriptions of medicines that prevent diseases caused by ghosts.

Creator:

Banrungrat, Phrayā.

Timespan:

Thailand.

Date:

1838

Identifier:

9959457443503681; (OCoLC)ocn841371257; (OCoLC)841371257; (PU)5945744-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Thai

Provenance:

Possibly formerly held in the one of the royal libraries (Ho Luang), based on the script (Ajarn Niyada Laosunthorn, Royal Institute).; Sold as part of the collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Unger at auction at Harris Auction Galleries (Baltimore), 11 October 1998, lot 11, to Hiram W. Woodward.; Formerly owned by Leonard Unger, ambassador to Laos (1962-1964), Thailand (1967), and China (1974-1979), and his wife Anne Louise Axon Unger; probably purchased by Anne Unger in 1967.; Gift of Hiram W. Woodward, 2013.

Subject:

Medicine -- Thailand.; Ghosts.; Ghosts -- Thailand.; Medicine.; Manuscripts, Digital.; Folded books.; Treatises.; Manuscripts.; Manuscripts, Thai.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (55 folios) : paper; 11 x 35 cm

Personal Name:

Woodward, Hiram W., former owner.; Unger, Anne Louise Axon, -2014, former owner.; Unger, Leonard, 1917- former owner.

Notes:

Upper cover with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper; no lower cover.; Folios colored black, with yellow script, except for colophon written in chalk; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.; Written in 4 lines per leaf.; Dated 1838 (Woodward).; In Thai.

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 990

Collection:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts.