Thai medical manuscript, between 1930 and 1969.

Abstract:

Illustrated manuscript concerning medical cases and extended treatments. Later notes added in pencil throughout and in blue and pink pencil at end (f. B24-B25).

Date:

1930

Identifier:

9963219583503681; (OCoLC)ocn898217291; (OCoLC)898217291; (PU)6321958-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Thai

Provenance:

Sold from the estate of Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker at auction at Sloans & Kenyon, 14-16 June 2013, part of lot 467.; Sold to Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker in the 1950s or 1960s; Konrad Bekker worked for the State Department in Asia and Sarah Bekker was an art historian.

Subject:

Medicine, Thai.; Folded books.; Drawings (visual works); Diagrams.; Manuscripts, Thai.; Manuscripts.; Manuscripts, Digital.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (52 folios) : paper, illustrations; 12 x 35.5 cm

Personal Name:

Bekker, Konrad, died 1981, former owner.; Bekker, Sarah M., died 2013, former owner.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Written in 10 lines per folio.; illustrated folios with line drawings in ink of bodies (f. A01, A03, A04, A08, A10, A12, A14, A24) and deities or monsters (f. A17-A23); a few small diagrams in text (f. B07).; Written in Thailand between the 1930s and 1960s (Justin McDaniel).; Khoi paper; folded concertina- or accordion-style; upper cover only, plain paper.; In Laotian-influenced Thai (Thai).

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 990

Collection:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts.