Fragment from Phra Malai? 1800s?

Alternate Title:

Phra Malai

Date:

1800s

Description:

Manuscript fragment that may be part of a Phra Malai manuscript.

Language:

Thai

Provenance:

Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989.; Lyons, Elizabeth, former owner.

Subject:

Māleyya; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai -- Specimens; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

facsimiles (reproductions); fragments (object portions); folded books; illuminations (paintings); Manuscripts, Thai; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 folios) : color illustrations

Rights:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger (viewed on July 30, 2015).; Written in 8-10 lines per folio.; White khoi paper with writing in black; folded concertina- or accordion-style.; Manuscript illustrated with images of monks.; Dimensions of original manuscript: 12.8 x 59.8 cm.; Tape or paper glued to hinges for support covers some text.; 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.; In Thai (Khom/Khmer).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Web, Penn Museum 89-13-250

Collection:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Thai Manuscripts