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Title

Abhidhamma chet kamphi :
พระอภิธรรม๗คัมภีร์

Other related names

• Bekker, Konrad, died 1981
• Bekker, Konrad, former owner
• Bekker, Sarah M, died 2013
• Bekker, Sarah M, former owner

Call number

Ms. Coll. 990 Item 4
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9960731913503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/865509240
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6073191

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

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

Summary

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

Notes

• Written in 7-10 lines per folio.
   
• Probably written in the 1890s (Justin McDaniel).
   
• Samut khoi paper, mostly white but with several colored folios; folded concertina- or accordion-style, including upper cover.
   
• Manuscript illustrated with images of monks and corpses and scenes from the Phra Malai.
   
• Covers with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper; some patches of gilt on upper cover.
   

Extent

1 item (99 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 465.
   

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

• A02 — Namo tassa, f. A02
• A03 — Phra Saṅgaṇī paripuñño, f. A03
• A04 — Phra Vibhanga paripuñño, f. A04
• A05 — Phra Dhātukatha paripuñño, f. A05
• A06 — Phra Puggalapaññi paripuñño, f. A06
• A07 — Phra Kathavatthu paripuñño, f. A07
• A08 — Phra Yamaka paripuñño, f. A08
• A09 — Phra Mahāpaṭṭhana, f. A09
• A10 — Namo tassa, f. A10
• A11 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A11
• A13 — Reader note, written in charcoal, line 7, line 10, f. A13
• A16 — Gotra, multiple, f. A16
• A16 — Reader note, written in charcoal, line3, f. A16 upper
• A16 — Correction, line5, f. A16 lower
• A17 — Reader note, in pencil, line5, f. A17 lower
• A18 — Physical, beetal nut spittal, f. A18
• A21 — Correction, line2&3, f. A21 upper
• A22 — Gotra, line1,3&5, f. A22 upper
• A23 — Correction, line2, f. A23 lower
• A26 — Physical, erosion, line5, f. A26 lower
• A27 — Gotra, flower, line1, f. A27 upper
• A28 — Gotra, flower, line1, f. A28 upper
• A30 — Gotra, flower, line2, f. A30 upper
• A31 — Physical, additional pages added to top of upper page, f. A31 upper
• A35 — Correction, line3&7, f. A35
• A37 — Physical, Beetel nut spittal, f. A37
• A39 — Gotra, flower, line1, f. A39
• A42 — Physical, additional pages added to the bottom of lower page, f. A42 lower
• A44 — Correction, line5, f. A44 upper
• A46 — Gotra, line3,4&5, f. A46 lower
• B03 — Correction, line1, f. B03 lower
• B06 — Correction, line4, f. B06 upper
• B06 — Gotra, line1&2, f. B06 upper
• B07 — Gotra, line3, f. B07 upper
• B08 — Correction, line1, f. B08 upper
• B08 — Gotra, line4, f. B08 upper
• B11 — Correction, last line, f. B11 upper
• B15 — Correction, penultimate line, f. B15 lower
• B15 — Gotra, penultimate line, f. B15 lower
• B17 — Gotra, every other line, f. B17
• B18 — Correction, last line, f. B18 lower
• B20 — Gotra, last line, f. B20 upper
• B21 — Correction, line 2, f. B21 upper
• B22 — Gotra, last line, f. B22 upper
• B23 — Gotra, initial line, f. B23 upper
• B24 — Correction, line1&6, f. B24
• B25 — Correction, penultimate line, f. B25 lower
• B26 — Correction, line 2, f. B26 lower
• B27 — Cancellation, line 2, f. B27 lower
• B27 — Gotra, line1&3, f. B27 upper
• B28 — Cancellation, penultimate line, f. B28 lower
• B29 — Correction, line1, f. B29 lower
• B31 — Physical, additional pages added to top of upper page, f. B31 upper
• B32 — Correction, line2, f. B32 lower
• B33 — Correction, initial line, f. B33 lower
• B33 — Gotra, last line, f. B33 upper
• B34 — Gotra, line3, f. B34 upper
• B37 — Correction, penultimate line, f. B37 lower
• B37 — Gotra, penultimate line, f. B37 lower
• B38 — Gotra, line1,3&5, f. B38
• B39 — Gotra, initial line, f. B39

Decorations

• Upper cover — Decoration, gold leaf squares, Upper cover
• A02 — Illustration, Monk meditating on blue corpse, f. A02 left
• A02 — Illustration, Monk meditating on blue corpse, f. A02 right
• A03 — Illustration, Monk meditating on grey corpse, bird, f. A03 left
• A03 — Illustration, Monk meditating on brown corpse, f. A03 right
• A04 — Illustration, Monk meditating on string-bounded grey corpse, f. A04 left
• A04 — Illustration, Monk meditating on basket-bounded brown corpse, f. A04 right
• A05 — Illustration, Monk meditating on corpse, crow picks intestine, f. A05 left
• A05 — Illustration, Monk meditating on loin-clothed brown corpse, f. A05 right
• A06 — Illustration, Monk meditating on grey corpse, f. A06 left
• A06 — Illustration, Monk meditating on brown corpse, tongue out, f. A06 right
• A07 — Illustration, Monk meditating on loin-clothed red corpse, f. A07 left
• A07 — Illustration, Monk meditating on emaciated brown corpse, f. A07 right
• A08 — Illustration, Blue corpse, tongue out, two birds, f. A08 left
• A08 — Illustration, Monk meditating on skeleton, f. A08 right
• A09 — Illustration, Hell scene, Female on tree with male climing up, f. A09 left
• A09 — Illustration, Phra Malai visits hell, f. A09 right
• A10 — Gotra, multiple lines, f. A10
• A26 — Illustration, Phra Malai receives lotuses from woodcutter, f. A26 left
• A26 — Illustration, Woodcutter gathers lotuses, f. A26 right
• A40 — Illustration, Four devas in reverence, with gold leaf, f. A40 left
• A40 — Illustration, Deva and three devis in reverence, with gold leaf, f. A40 right
• B17 — Illustration, Devis in reverence, four, f. B17 left
• B17 — Illustration, Deva plus three devis in reverence, f. B17 right
• B17 — Gold leaf, crown and adornments, f. B17 left and right
• B39 — Illustration, Phra Malai, Indra, and Chulamani stupa, f. B39 left
• B39 — Illustration, Deva plus three devis in reverence, f. B39 right
• B39 — Gold leaf, Chulamani stupa, crown and adornments, f. B39 left and right
• B39 — Gold leaf, excess smudged on two spots, f. B39 upper