Thai medical manuscript, between 1930 and 1969.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Bekker, Konrad, died 1981, former owner.

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

Language:

Thai

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Thai.

Genre:

folded books

drawings (visual works)

diagrams

Manuscripts, Thai.

Manuscripts.

Manuscripts, Digital.

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, part of lot 467.

Physical Description:

1 item (52 folios) : paper, illustrations ; 12 x 35.5 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts. Item 10

Place of Publication:

between 1930 and 1969.

Language Note:

In Laotian-influenced Thai (Thai).

Summary:

Illustrated manuscript concerning medical cases and extended treatments. Later notes added in pencil throughout and in blue and pink pencil at end (f. B24-B25).

Notes:

Written in 10 lines per folio.

Written in Thailand between the 1930s and 1960s (Justin McDaniel).

Khoi paper; folded concertina- or accordion-style; upper cover only, plain paper.

illustrated folios with line drawings in ink of bodies (f. A01, A03, A04, A08, A10, A12, A14, A24) and deities or monsters (f. A17-A23); a few small diagrams in text (f. B07).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 990, Item 10

OCLC:

898217291