Tamra mueang Takkasila : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Thompson, James B., 1860-1898, former owner.

Language:

Pali

Thai

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Thai.

Genre:

accordion books

diagrams

treatises

Manuscripts, Thai -- 19th century.

Manuscripts -- Thailand -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by James B. Thompson (M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1886; Protestant missionary in Thailand; stamp on upper cover and inside lower cover).

Gift of James B. Thompson, probably 1899 (date of gift for Ms. Coll. 990, Item 31, also from Thompson).

Physical Description:

1 item (78 segments) : paper ; 12 x 34 cm.

Production:

Thailand?, before 1898

Contained In:

Collection of Southeast Asian Manuscripts. Item 27

Language Note:

In Thai and Pali (Thai and Khom script)

Summary:

Medical treatise describing illnesses, cures, and medicines. Its prologue refers to an epidemic in the city of Taxila (in modern Pakistan), ended by the power of a hermit who reveals the knowlege of healing. Illustrations of skin illnesses and medical diagrams of human figures on the verso (Peera Panarut).

Notes:

Written in 6 lines per leaf.

Probably written in the late 19th century (before the death of former owner James B. Thompson).

Folios grey, with black ink; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including covers.

Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper.

A detailed description of this manuscript by Dr. Peera Panarut is on file at the library.

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 6986 (UP 2838).

Cited as:

Tamra mueang Takkasila (Ms. Coll. 990, Item 27). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1424867082