Phra ʻAphaimanī. Book 6, 1828-1830?; พระอภัยมณี.เล่ม๖,1828-1830?

Contributor:

American Philosophical Society (former owner)

Name:

Sunthō̜n Phū, 1786-1855

Date:

1828

Description:

Digital facsimile of Book 6 of an epic poem of love and adventure.

Language:

Thai

Provenance:

Possibly formerly in the collection of Wat Thepdhitaram if written while the author was in the monastery there (Justin McDaniel).; Housed at the Penn Libraries (cataloged as UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2992) on loan from the Penn Museum, 1955.; Returned to the Penn Museum, 2022.; Godon, Victor L., former owner.

Subject:

Epic poetry, Thai

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

folded books; epic literature; poems; Manuscripts, Thai; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (57 folios) : paper; 11 x 34 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from the beginning of the verso side (f. B01).; Written in 8 lines per folio.; Possibly written as early as 1822, probably written between 1828 and 1830 (Justin McDaniel).; Folios are black charcoal khoi paper, with yellow cobalt script and some corrections in chalk; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including covers.; Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper.; In Thai.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Web, Penn Museum 97-122-248