Unarut. Lem 4

Name:

Enslin, Theodore, ǂe former owner

Date:

1840

Description:

Fourth volume of a multivolume manuscript of Unarut, a play about the classical tale of Prince Unarut (also Anirut or Aniruddha), a grandson of Krishna. Written in klon bot lakhon meter, supposedly employed for performance in the inner royal palace, with notes on the songs and the number of lines for each song written in smaller script each time the song changes. The text corresponds to part of chapter VII in the published text (Fine Arts Department (Krom Sinlapākō̜n), 2001, p. 83-98), in which Si Suwan took care of or nursed Lady Kesara. The text differs from the printed edition of the version composed by King Rama I in 1787 and may be from the version composed by Prince Itsara Sunthon (future King Rama II) between 1782 and 1787. The manuscript is in four pieces but is complete (Peera Panarut). Labels in English with the title Onaroot are from the 19th century (upper cover, f. 1r).

Language:

Thai

Provenance:

Probably formerly owned by editor, scholar, and Unitarian clergyman Joseph Henry Allen (pencil note, "from Henry Allen," f. 1r (Weinberger)).; Formerly owned by theologian and scholar Morton Scott Enslin (professor at Crozer Theological Seminary, University of Pennsylvania, and St. Lawrence Unversity; visiting professor at Bryn Mawr College and Dropsie College; member and president (1938-1939) of the Philadelphia Oriental Club) (Weinberger).; Formerly owned by poet Theodore Enslin (1925-2011), son of Morton Scott Enslin (Weinberger).; Sold by Adam Weinberger Rare Books (New York), 2019.; Allen, Joseph Henry, 1820-1898, former owner.; Enslin, Morton Scott, 1897-1980, former owner.

Relation:

The Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229043

Subject:

Aniruddha (Hindu mythology); Verse drama, Thai; Thai poetry; Thai literature

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

accordion books; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (60 segments) : paper; 11 x 35 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

In Thai (Thai script); Written in 4 lines per leaf.; Probably written in the mid- or late 19th century (based on paleography (Panarut)).; Folios black, with yellow ink; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including covers.; Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper.; A detailed description of this manuscript by Dr. Peera Panarut is on file at the library.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 990 Item 29

Collection:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts; Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund