COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL20011987
Reference Number:
Pali MS 23
Image Title:
Folio of script
Series Title:
Khuddakanikāya
Parent Work Title:
Vimānavatthu
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Page/Sheet:
131a
Image Sequence Number:
263
Image Sequence Total:
872
Description:
Vimānavatthu: Ola leaf Manuscript in Sinhalese characters in a good state of preservation. Handwriting clear and large. Leaves 122-140 (numbered chḹ to jai), this is the sixth 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 "chḹ" [= folio 122a] and ends on the jai [= folio 140a] in all 37 folios. It commences with P?thavim?navatthu and ends with Serissakai-vim?navatthu (VII, 10). The last poem VII, 11 cannot be traced. 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.
Language Code:
sin
Language:
Sinhala; Sinhalese
Subject:
Buddhism
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Palm leaf (material)
Item Height:
70 mm
Item Width:
620 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Davids, T. W. Rhys (Thomas William Rhys), 1843-1922, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Jayawickrama, N. A. 1972. Pali Manuscripts at the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library 55 (1): 146-76
Notes:
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)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-01-31
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2020-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Folio of script
