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Title

Abhidhamma chet kamphi :
พระอภิธรรม๗คัมภีร์

Other related names

• Nang Sombun, scribe
• Bekker, Konrad, died 1981
• Bekker, Konrad, former owner
• Bekker, Sarah M, died 2013
• Bekker, Sarah M, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 990 Item 3
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9960731793503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/865508709
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6073179

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Pali (Abhidhamma chet kamphi) and Thai (Phra Malai)

Summary

Illustrated manuscript of the Abhidhamma chet kamphi (text chanted at funerals), followed by the popular story of Phra Malai (a monk who visits heaven and hell).

Notes

• Written in 12 lines per folio.
   
• Probably written in the 1890s (Justin McDaniel).
   
• Samut khoi paper, white, with several colored folios; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.
   
• Manuscript illustrated with images of hell, Jataka stories, gods and goddesses, and scenes from the Phra Malai.
   
• Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper.
   
• Written by Nang Sombun, a Lao scribe; the component Nang suggests the scribe was a former novice or monk (Justin McDaniel).
   

Extent

1 item (80 folios) : 13.5 x 66 cm

Support

Paper

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 461.
   

Subjects topical

• Buddhism--Rituals
• Heaven--Buddhism
• Hell--Buddhism
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Thai--Specimens

Genres

• Folded books
• Manuscripts, Thai--19th century
• Manuscripts--Thailand--19th century
• Manuscripts, Digital

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• B40 — End of Khom text, with two lines in Thai script, f. B40

Decorations

• Upper cover — Decoration, gold leaf square, Upper cover
• A02 — Illustration, Hell scene, bodies under couldron, f. A02 left
• A02 — Illustration, Hell scene, nude woman on tree, man climbing, with gold leaf, f. A02 right
• A03 — Illustration, Temptaion of Temiya, f. A03 left
• A03 — Illustration, Jataka, Mahosadha trapping enemy king, f. A03 right
• A04 — Illustration, Sama Jataka, Sama shot, f. A04 left
• A04 — Illustration, Sama Jataka, King Piliyakka released arrow, f. A04 right
• A05 — Illustration, Poorly behaved monks, four, f. A05, left
• A05 — Illustration, Properly behaved monks, four, f. A05 right
• A07 — Gotra, line 1, f. A07 upper
• A08 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A08
• A09 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A09
• A11 — Gotra, line 1, line 11, f. A11
• A13 — Gotra, line 4, line 5, f. A13
• A18 — Gotra, line 2, line 3, f. A18
• A20 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A20
• A21 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A21
• A22 — Illustration, Phra Malai receives lotuses from woodcutter, f. A22 left
• A22 — Illustration, Woodcutter gathers lotuses, f. A22 right
• A23 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A23
• A24 — Gotra, line 7, line 8, f. A24
• A26 — Gotra, line 4, line 5, f. A26
• A30 — Gotra, line 10, line 11, f. A30
• A31 — Gotra, line 10, line 11, f. A31
• A32 — Gotra, line 12, f. A32
• A33 — Gotra, line 8, f. A33
• A34 — Illustration, Phra Malai, Indra and Chulamani stupa, f. A23 left
• A34 — Illustration, Devas and devis, f. A34 right
• A35 — Gotra, line 8, line 9, f. A35
• A36 — Gotra, line 7, line 8, f. A36
• A37 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A37
• A39 — Gotra, line 10, line 11, f. A39
• Lower cover — Decoration, gold leaf square, Lower cover
• B02 — Gotra, line 12, f. B02
• B03 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. B03
• B04 — Gotra, line 11, line 12, f. B04
• B05 — Gotra, line 1, f. B05
• B09 — Gotra, line 6, line 7, f. B09
• B10 — Gotra, line 6, line 8, f. B10
• B10 — Illustration, Eight devis, f. B10 left
• B10 — Illustration, Six devis, f. B10 right
• B11 — Gotra, line 10, line 11, f. B11
• B12 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. B12
• B13 — Gotra, line 1, f. B13
• B14 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. B14
• B15 — Gotra, line 1, line 2, f. B15
• B18 — Gotra, line 9, line 10, f. B18
• B21 — Gotra, line 10, line 11, f. B21
• B23 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. B23
• B31 — Gotra, line 7, f. B31
• B33 — Gotra, line 4, line 5, f. B33
• B36 — Gotra, line 1, line 2, f. B36
• B38 — Gotra, line 8, line 9, f. B38
• B39 — Gotra, line 3, line 4, f. B39
• B40 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. B40