Ohio University, pftp-158

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30467

Shelfmark:

pftp-158

Title:

Great paritta, Myanmar, 1875 (PftP leaf: s01, f158)

Paritta

Place:

Myanmar

Myanmar TGN

Date:

1875

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

1875-09

Language:

Burmese

Burmese WIKIDATA

Material:

Palm leaf (material)

Palm Leaf AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Palm leaf (material); 4.4 cm x 45.7 cm

Note:

Script: Brahmic scripts
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. and issued as a limited edition under the title "Pages from the past: Original leaves from rare books and manuscripts."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 18 of 20 in "Portfolio set I: History of the written word."
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM THE GREAT PARITTA, a translation in Burmese on a "palm leaf book." In an area of the world where paper and even leather rots almost overnight, strips of palm have long been used as a writing material
Note the two holes in the leaf where a vine cord bound the book and allowed the pages to be turned
The "colophon" states that this translation was completed on the 7th waxing of the month of Tawthalin of the Burmese year 1237 (September 1875)
The circular characters are first inscribed on the leaf with a sharp instrument, such as an iron stylus, then an ink of oil and charcoal is wiped over the characters to make them legible
The Burmese round characters developed because the thin fragile leaf of palm would not take inscribing where long straight lines might split the fiber
© 1965, T.F.I.
Pages from the Past, Set I: History of the written word

Keyword:

religious texts

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/647

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:647/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University