COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL20012132
Reference Number:
Pali MS 27
Image Title:
Folio of script
Series Title:
Khuddakanikāya
Parent Work Title:
Jātakapāḷi
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Jātaka
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Page/Sheet:
203b
Image Sequence Number:
408
Image Sequence Total:
872
Description:
Jātakapāḷi: Ola leaf Manuscript in Sinhalese characters in a good state of preservation. Handwriting clear and large. Leaves 202-383 (numbered thaḥ to bhū), this is the tenth 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 "thaḥ" [= folio 189a] and ends on the reverse of leaf "bhū" [= folio 383b] in all 363 folios. It contains all the Canonical Jātaka verses separately available in Oriental editions. They are also included in the Jātakaṭṭhakathā, the commentary to the Jātaka. Each nipāta is treated in the Manuscript as a separate chapter and is preceded by the formula "Namo thagavato tassa arahato sammā-sambuddhassa". 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
