Phra Malai 1870s?
- Publication:
- 1870s?
- Format/Description:
- Book
1 online resource (92 folios) : color illustrations
polychrome - Contained In:
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Thai Manuscripts. 77-5-5
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3sn01d8b - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Māleyya.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai -- Specimens.
Heaven -- Buddhism.
Heaven.
Buddhism.
Hell -- Buddhism.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai. - Form/Genre:
- Facsimiles.
Folded books.
Illuminations (visual works)
Manuscripts, Thai.
Manuscripts.
Specimens. - Language:
- In Thai (Khom).
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file - Summary:
- The popular story of Phra Malai, a monk who visits heaven and hell.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger (viewed on July 16, 2015).
Written in 12 lines per illustrated folio, 10 lines per text folio.
White samut khoi paper with writing in black; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including covers.
Manuscript illustrated with images from the jatakas.
Dimensions of original manuscript: 14 x 66.5 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.
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2014. - Penn Provenance:
- Name of the patron sponsoring the manuscript, Phrayā Daeng, and his wife and son Chant, written in the manuscript; a woman's name (Nang Rot) in the margin may be the name of the wife or of another woman; the manuscript is dedicated to Phrayā Luang Lu.
Gift of William Kohler, 1977. - Cited as:
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 77-5-5.
- Contributor:
- Daeng, Phrayā, patron.
Nang Rot, associated name.
Luang Lu, Phrayā, dedicatee.
Kohler, William, former owner.