Elementary lesson book before 1845.

Abstract:

Collection of word lists and three reading lessons, with later brief annotations in English about the manufacture of the book (note inside upper cover) and the content of the lessons.

Date:

1845

Identifier:

9961963583503681; (PU)6196358-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Thai; English

Provenance:

Gift of Emilie Royce Bradley (a missionary in Siam, wife of missionary Daniel Beach Bradley) to Eliza A. Royce (note on upper cover), before Emilie Royce Bradley's death in 1845.; Accessioned at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1929.; Gift of Eliza A.R. Jones to her stepson M. Jones, 1852 (pencil note, f. B20, in blank folios after end of text).

Subject:

Thai language -- Study and teaching.; Facsimiles.; Manuscripts.; Manuscripts, Thai.; Folded books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (58 folios)

Personal Name:

Bradley, E. R. (Emilie Royce), 1811-1845, associated name.; Jones, Eliza A. Royce, former owner.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Written before 1845 (date of death of Emelie Royce Bradley).; Dimensions of original manuscript: 10.3 x 33.1 cm.; Reproduced from the original with permission of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.; Written in 8 lines per folio.; Black bark paper with text in yellow ink and later English annotations in white ink; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including covers.; Paper covers with borders formed of additional layers of heavy paper and titles written in faded yellow ink.; Title supplied by Justin McDaniel (viewed on December 15, 2015).; Thai, with notes in English.

Physical Location:

Penn Museum 29-170-11

Collection:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Thai Manuscripts.