Detail View: Rylands Collection: Folio of script
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Image Number:
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JRL20011968
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Reference Number:
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Pali MS 22
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Image Title:
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Folio of script
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Series Title:
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Khuddakanikāya
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Parent Work Title:
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Suttanipāta
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Sutta-Nipāta
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Date Created:
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[date not identified]
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Page/Sheet:
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121b
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Image Sequence Number:
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244
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Image Sequence Total:
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872
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Description:
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Suttanipāta: Ola leaf Manuscript in Sinhalese characters in a good state of preservation. Handwriting clear and large. Leaves 84-121 (numbered ṅī to chḷ), this is the fifth work in the bundle containing 11 texts (Pali MSS 18-28) from the Khuddakanikāya (Minor Collection or Collection of Little Texts): Khuddakapāṭha, Dhammapada, Udāna, Itivuttaka, Sutta-Nipāta, Vimānavatthu, Petavatthu, Theragāthā, Therīgāthā, Jātaka, Paṭisambhidāmagga. The text starts on the obverse of leaf "ṅī " [= folio 84a] and ends on the reverse of leaf "chḷ" [= folio 121b] in all 76 folios. Folios are not numbered; character numerals following the Sanskrit alphabetical order are used for numbering and these are written in the left-hand margin on the obverse of the leaf. Size: 70 mm x 620 mm, with margins 147 mm left and right, each folio with a single string through twin holes in each leaf holding them together, with two lacquered dark brown wooden boards as covers for all eleven manuscripts.
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Language Code:
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sin
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Language:
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Sinhala; Sinhalese
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Subject:
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Buddhism
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Subject:
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Religion
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Palm leaf (material)
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Item Height:
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70 mm
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Item Width:
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620 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Davids, T. W. Rhys (Thomas William Rhys), 1843-1922, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Jayawickrama, N. A. 1972. Pali Manuscripts at the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library 55 (1): 146-76
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Notes:
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Pali MSS 18-28 - More than one book has been written and tied together in one manuscript. See here for complete bundle containing 11 texts from the Khuddakanikāya (Minor Collection or Collection of Little Texts)
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2020-01-31
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2020-03
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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