Details

Subjects:

Medicine, Thai.

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Laotian-influenced Thai (Thai).

Summary:

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).

Notes:

Written in 10 lines per folio.
Written in Thailand between the 1930s and 1960s (Justin McDaniel).
Khoi paper; folded concertina- or accordion-style; upper cover only, plain paper.
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).

Penn 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, part of lot 467.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 990, Item 10

Contributor:

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

OCLC:

898217291