Catalogue of the Burmese-Pāli and Burmese manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / prepared by William Pruitt and Roger Bischoff.

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Library
Date:
1998
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Credit: Catalogue of the Burmese-Pāli and Burmese manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / prepared by William Pruitt and Roger Bischoff. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WMS. Burmese-Pali 25 Two red lacquered wooden covers, gilded and decorated in red; Kammaväcä outer sides has 3 framed devas with 2 devas in between. Pâli Inside the back cover has two Burmese lions. In ink on paper sticker on front cover: 77744. Donors (inside the front cover with deva on either side of the text): The scribe of the city Pu Khan[:] KrI: Ü: Sä 'Oñ Cä-re[:]- krï (gsGOOG33oc ©lGS|[Ö30> Lady Rvhe San (cgool), and her husband Mon Nhi ( göoc§). 25.1. Gilded decorated metal plates; 3 ff. (kä, kl, ku); 58.5 x 11.5 cm.; 6 lines, 32 char, in black lacquer, large tamarind-seed script, 55 cm. Texts: la. Upasampadä, incomplete (ff. kä, kl, ku-a—b,i) lb.Ovâda, incomplete (f. ku-b,l-6) 25.2. Gilded decorated metal plates; 4 ff. (kï, ku, gä, gi); 59.5 X 13 cm.; 6 lines, 32 char, in black lacquer, large tamarind-seed script, 56 cm. Texts: la. Upasampadä, incomplete (ff. kï, ku-a-b,2) lb.Oväda, incomplete (f. ku-b ,2-6) 2. Näma, incomplete (f. gä-a,i-6) 3. Vihära (ff. gä-a ,6 -gä-b ,5) 4. Kuti (ff. gä-b ,5 -gi-b ,3) 5. Nissaya, incomplete (gi-b ,3-6) WMS. Burmese-Päli 26 Gilded decorated palm leaves; 13 if. (ka-kha); 54 X 9.5 cm.; 5 lines, Kammaväcä 30 char, in black lacquer, large tamarind-seed script, 49.5 cm. Pâli The cover ff. have 7 medallions with flower motifs. Two red lacquered wooded covers, gilded and decorated in red, with medallions with a geometric design (8 designs on the front cover with part of one cut off and 7 on the back cover). In pencil on a paper sticker on the front cover: 299/2.