COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL20012591
Reference Number:
Pali MS 18-28
Image Title:
Blank folio
Series Title:
Khuddakanikāya
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Image Sequence Number:
867
Image Sequence Total:
872
Description:
Blank folio of a large bundle containing 11 texts from the Khuddakanikāya (Minor Collection or Collection of Little Texts): Khuddakapāṭha, Dhammapada, Udāna, Itivuttaka, Sutta-Nipāta, Vimānavatthu, Petavatthu, Theragāthā, Therīgāthā, Jātaka, Paṭisambhidāmagga. 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.
Subject:
Buddhism
Subject:
Religion
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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
Blank folio
