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Phra ʻAphaimanī. Book 6, 1828-1830?
พระอภัยมณี. เล่ม๖,
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Sunthō̜n Phū, 1786-1855.
- Language:
- Thai
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Thai.
- Genre:
- folded books
- epic literature
- Poetry.
- Manuscripts, Thai.
- Manuscripts.
- Penn Provenance:
- Possibly formerly in the collection of Wat Thepdhitaram if written while the author was in the monastery there (Justin McDaniel).
- Housed at the Penn Libraries (cataloged as UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2992) on loan from the Penn Museum, 1955.
- Returned to the Penn Museum, 2022.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (57 folios) : paper ; 11 x 34 cm
- Place of Publication:
- 1828-1830?
- Language Note:
- In Thai.
- Summary:
- Digital facsimile of Book 6 of an epic poem of love and adventure.
- Notes:
- Title from the beginning of the verso side (f. B01).
- Written in 8 lines per folio.
- Possibly written as early as 1822, probably written between 1828 and 1830 (Justin McDaniel).
- Folios are black charcoal khoi paper, with yellow cobalt script and some corrections in chalk; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including covers.
- Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper.
- Cited as:
- Sunthō̜n Phū, Phra ʻAphaimanī, Book 6 (Penn Museum 97-122-248). Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 865505681
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