Preferred Citation

MSS 16405, Phrai Malai manuscript, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Provenance

Accession 2018-0035 Purchased 24 February 2018; Associates Endowment Fund, 2017/2018.

Historical Note

The creator of this manuscript is unknown, though very likely a person living in Thailand in the late 19th century.

Content Description

Folding manuscript of the Buddhist text of the Phrai Malai (circa 1890s; 0.4 cubic feet) written in Thai using the Khom script. Item also contains twenty colored images that depict events in the text. Phrai Malai was a popular subject for illustrated manuscripts in 19th-century Thailand, though the spread of printing technology overtook the practice by the start of the 20th century.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Buddhism -- Thailand