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Title

Unarut.

Authors

• Allen, Joseph Henry, ǂd 1820-1898, ǂe former owner
• Enslin, Morton Scott, ǂd 1897-1980, ǂe former owner
• Enslin, Theodore, ǂe former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 990 Item 29 Item 29
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977501413403681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1424965230
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1229043

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Thai

Origin

Place

Thailand, between 1840 and 1899?

Summary

Fourth volume of a multivolume manuscript of Unarut, a play about the classical tale of Prince Unarut (also Anirut or Aniruddha), a grandson of Krishna. Written in klon bot lakhon meter, supposedly employed for performance in the inner royal palace, with notes on the songs and the number of lines for each song written in smaller script each time the song changes. The text corresponds to part of chapter VII in the published text (Fine Arts Department (Krom Sinlapākō̜n), 2001, p. 83-98), in which Si Suwan took care of or nursed Lady Kesara. The text differs from the printed edition of the version composed by King Rama I in 1787 and may be from the version composed by Prince Itsara Sunthon (future King Rama II) between 1782 and 1787. The manuscript is in four pieces but is complete (Peera Panarut). Labels in English with the title Onaroot are from the 19th century (upper cover, f. 1r).

Notes

• Written in 4 lines per leaf.
   
• Probably written in the mid- or late 19th century (based on paleography (Panarut)).
   
• Folios black, with yellow 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.
   

Extent

1 item (60 segments) : 11 x 35 cm

Support

Paper

Provenance

• Probably formerly owned by editor, scholar, and Unitarian clergyman Joseph Henry Allen (pencil note, "from Henry Allen," f. 1r (Weinberger)).
   
• Formerly owned by theologian and scholar Morton Scott Enslin (professor at Crozer Theological Seminary, University of Pennsylvania, and St. Lawrence Unversity; visiting professor at Bryn Mawr College and Dropsie College; member and president (1938-1939) of the Philadelphia Oriental Club) (Weinberger).
   
• Formerly owned by poet Theodore Enslin (1925-2011), son of Morton Scott Enslin (Weinberger).
   
• Sold by Adam Weinberger Rare Books (New York), 2019.
   

Subjects topical

• Aniruddha (Hindu mythology)
• Verse drama, Thai
• Thai poetry
• Thai literature

Genres

• accordion books
• Manuscripts, Thai--19th century
• Manuscripts--Thailand--19th century

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 3r-4r — [Unarut, volume 4]