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- In the Cambodian manuscript tradition, two types of palm leaf manuscripts (sleuk rith) are known: the short format (vean), which tend to be manuals of mostly a secular nature written in Khmer language, whereas the long format (sastra) palm leaf manuscripts mostly contain Buddhist scriptures in Pali or bilingual Pali-Khmer languages, as well as sermons, legal writings and classical literary texts and poetry in Khmer language.
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Nov 29, 2021 · A collection of Khmer literary texts in eleven volumes is a fine example of multi-volume kraing (folding books), made from cream-coloured mulberry bark paper (Or 16131/1-11). The text was written with black ink, and each volume has a red stamp either on the front or back cover (image below).
Sāstrā sleuk rith (Khmer: សាស្ត្រា ស្លឹក រឹត) or Khmer manuscripts written on palm leaves are sastra which constitute a major part of the literature of Cambodia along with the Khmer inscriptions kept since the foundation of the Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia.
May 6, 2024 · EFEO just announced the publication of Khmer Manuscripts, an online database of Khmer documentary heritage. Since 1990, under the responsibility of Olivier de Bernon (EFEO), the FEMC’s five-person team has been methodically locating, physically restoring, identifying and microfilming the remaining manuscripts in Cambodia’s monastic libraries.
Dec 13, 2021 · The most remarkable manuscript containing Khmer text is a nearly 15 m long paper scroll from Japan. It contains a mid-19th century copy of a transcript made in 1818 of ten official documents and trade letters written in Japanese from the Gaiban Shokan (Foreign Correspondence) between the Japanese government (shogunate) and various foreign ...
Archive. Background to the project. Cambodia's manuscript heritage is a priceless storehouse of Khmer cultural knowledge, Buddhist scholarship, and artistic achievement. For hundreds of years Cambodia's traditional manuscripts conserved and transmitted Khmer literature, history, science, religion, medicine, and more.
During the Khmer Empire, records were kept on paper made from leaf fibres, rice paper or vellum. The climate of Cambodia is tropical, with hot humid summers and only slightly less humid winters. Without proper preservation and storage, fibrous material such as wood, leaves and paper are susceptible to decay in these conditions.
May 27, 2024 · Her personal library is full of wonderful treasures from the early days of Western printing of Cambodian Buddhist works and rare Khmer manuscripts like the Reamker, the Cambodian version of the epic Hindu tale, the Ramayana.
