Burmese manuscripts, 1924 or 1925.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Bekker, Konrad, died 1981, former owner.

Bekker, Sarah M., died 2013, former owner.

Language:

Burmese

Subjects (All):

Buddhist stories, Burmese.

Buddhism--Burma.

Buddhism.

Burma.

Genre:

Folded books.

Manuscripts, Burmese.

Manuscripts.

Penn Provenance:

Sold to Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker in the 1950s or 1960s; Konrad Bekker worked for the State Department in Asia and Sarah Bekker was an art historian.

Sold from the estate of Konrad and Sarah M. Bekker at auction at Sloans & Kenyon, 14-16 June 2013, lot 596.

Physical Description:

2 items (80, 123 folios) : paper ; 19.5 x 41.5, 19.5 x 39 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts. Item 6

Place of Publication:

1924 or 1925.

Language Note:

In Burmese.

Summary:

Two manuscripts of slightly different size in similar covers. The phrases on the covers both end with the word wu' htu, indicating that the texts are narratives or stories. The second manuscript is a retelling of the story of We-than-da-ya, a Burmese version of the Vessantara Jataka story (Allegra Giovine).

Notes:

Written in 9 lines per leaf; ruled in lead.

The date ME 1286 (1924 or 1925) appears at the end of the second manuscript (Allegra Giovine).

Folios white, with black script; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including covers.

Red and gold molded covers with small pieces of colored and mirrored glass and a phrase in the central panel of the upper cover of each.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 990, Item 6

OCLC:

872414161