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-Päli 15 Gilded decorated stiffened cloth; 16 ff. (kha-gl); 52.5 x 12 cm.; Kammaväcä 6 lines, 34 char, in black lacquer, large tamarind-seed script, 49 cm. Pali Two red lacquered wooden covers, gilded and decorated in red with three devas. Cover ff. have 4 devas. Printed on paper sticker on cover: Lot 361; stamped in red: 13200. Red and white wrapper ribbon with woven text. Titles in medium round Burmese script, in red lacquer, at the end of sections, f. khu-b ,2: Upasampada-khan: (goaD«3S^:); f. khè-a ,4: Oväda-khan: (Kol 33^0; f- kho-b ,6: Kathin-khan: (cooosss:); f- ga-a,i: Sim-khan: (coos^O; f- ga-b,3: Thera-khan: ( goos | s |0; f- gâ-a ,5: Näma-khan: (^ oüs <|0; f- gä-b ,4: Vihära- khan: (8uoos|s<|0; f- gi-b,4: Kuti-khan: (crpcs^:) Texts: la. Upasampadä (ff. kha-b-khu-b ,2) lb.Oväda (ff. khu-b ,2 -khè-a ,4) 2. Kathina (ff. khè-a ,4— kho-b ,6) 3. Ticïvara (ff. kho-b,6-khö-a,6) 4. Slmä (ff. khö-a,6-ga-a,i) 5. Thera (ff. ga-a,i-ga-b ,3) 6. Näma (ff. ga-b ,3 -gä-a ,5) 7. Vihära (ff. gä-a,5-gä-b,4) 8. Kuti (ff. gä-b,4-gi-b,4) 9. Nissaya (ff. gi-b ,4 -gï-a ,6). WMS. Burmese-Päli 16 Gilded and silver-plated decorated palm leaves; 17 ff. Kammaväcä (no foliation); 53.3 x 9 cm.; 5 lines, 38 char, in black lacquer, Pâli large tamarind-seed script, 50 cm. Cover ff. have a row of ten seated Buddhas making the earth-touching gesture. Two red lacquered wooden covers, 55x11 cm., gilded and decorated in red on recto, plain black on verso; motif of flowers, leaves, birds. Printed on sticker on front cover: Lot 299; stamped: 13862. The covers seem to be from another manuscript. Texts: la.Upasampadä (ff. l-b-6-a ,5) lb.Oväda (ff. 6-a ,5 -8-b,i)