Thai medical manuscript, 1930s.

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

diagrams

drawings (visual works)

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 (32 folios) : paper, color illustrations ; 11.3 x 36 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts. Item 12

Place of Publication:

1930s.

Language Note:

In Thai (Thai).

Summary:

Illustrated medical manuscript, written and drawn by many hands, possibly multiple students. Some folds at the beginning of the manuscript repaired or reinforced with sewing; a multicolored cord is threaded through the first fold, probably to allow the manuscript to be hung vertically. Most of the text on the verso side is oriented to begin from the upper cover (f. 1v-11v), except for a folio in pencil that begins from the lower cover (f. 14v).

Notes:

Written in 4-7 lines per segment on text folios.

Written in Thailand in the 1930s (Justin McDaniel).

Written by multiple hands, in both ink and pencil.

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

Very worn upper cover, with borders of heavy paper; damaged at sides.

10 illustrated folios, on the recto side only, including an annotated diagram of the human body extending over 3 folios (f. 1r-3r); line drawings of pairs of figures highlighted with gold, silver, and pink (f. 4r-8r); and simpler drawings of figures in pencil with colored ink used for their heads (f. 9r-10r).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 990, Item 12

OCLC:

899244514