Abhidhamma chet kamphi : Phra Malai, 1890s; พระอภิธรรม๗คัมภีร์: พระมาลัย, 1890s

Contributor:

Nang Sombun (scribe); Bekker, Konrad (died 1981); Bekker, Sarah M. (died 2013)

Date:

1890

Description:

Illustrated manuscript of the Abhidhamma chet kamphi (text chanted at funerals), followed by the popular story of Phra Malai (a monk who visits heaven and hell).

Language:

Pali; Thai

Provenance:

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.; Sold from the estate of Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker at auction at Sloans & Kenyon, 14-16 June 2013, lot 461.; Bekker, Konrad, died 1981, former owner.; Bekker, Sarah M., died 2013, former owner.

Subject:

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai; Māleyya; Buddhism -- Rituals; Heaven -- Buddhism; Heaven; Buddhism; Hell -- Buddhism; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); folded books; Manuscripts, Thai

Physical Description:

1 item (80 folios) : paper, color illustrations; 13.5 x 66 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Written in 12 lines per folio.; Probably written in the 1890s (Justin McDaniel).; Samut khoi paper, white, with several colored folios; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.; Manuscript illustrated with images of hell, Jataka stories, gods and goddesses, and scenes from the Phra Malai.; Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper.; Written by Nang Sombun, a Lao scribe; the component Nang suggests the scribe was a former novice or monk (Justin McDaniel).; In Pali (Abhidhamma chet kamphi) and Thai (Phra Malai) (Thai Khom).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 990 Item 3

Collection:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts