Extent: 1 item (579 leaves) : palm leaf ; 5 x 55 cm
Note:
Written in 5 lines per leaf. Fascicles 1-15 have main text in Pali, written in Khom script, and paratexts on the cover leaves in Thai; facscicles 16-17 have main text in Pali and titles on cover leaves in Thai, all written in Khom script. Paginated with the traditional combinations of consonants and vowel diacritics in alphabetic order, verso left margin. Leaves of palm leaf with two central holes approximately 19 cm apart, cord through one set of holes, and gilt edges (chabap thong thuep). Simple wooden covers, with gilt on the sides, probably from the process of gilding the text block. A detailed description of this manuscript by Dr. Peera Panarut is on file at the library. Sponsored by Chao Khun Wang Luang (Lady Nun Bunnag, 1777-1836) in Bangkok in 1834 (colophon in Thai script on the cover leaf of each fascicle; Peera Panarut).
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