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Title

Records of Ywa-taung temple

Authors

• Lester, John A. 1871-1969

Call number

Ms. Coll. 990 Item 22
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9976895473503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/988033272
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3959cn8v

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Origin

Date

1897

Summary

Manuscript with text of the history and legends associated with a Buddhist monastery and drawings of the temple, along with trees, and rivers throughout. There are three small palm leaf fragments, two of them possibly page turners or book marks as well as an astrological work.

Notes

• Formerly housed as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2974.
   
• Black khoi paper with text in white ink; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including covers.
   
• Written in 3-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 70 leaves foliated 1-25, 1-21, 1-21, [i-iii] upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated New Burmese Era 1254 (1897) (from accompanying notes).
   
• Title from notes accompanying the manuscript.
   

Extent

1 item (70 leaves) : 17 x 43 cm +

Support

Paper

Provenance

• Gift of John Lester, Haverford College.
   

Subjects topical

• Buddhist monasteries--Burma
• Buddhist architecture
• Buddhist monasteries
• Buddhist architecture--Burma
• Burma

Genres

• Treatises
• Drawings (visual works)
• Poems
• Folded books
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit
• Manuscripts
• Manuscripts

Licenses

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