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Nov 29, 2021 · Kraing manuscript made of blackened paper containing Proleung meas oey (transl. 'Oh my darling', literally 'Oh my golden soul') attributed to the Cambodian king Preah Reachsamphear (alias Sri Dhammoraja II), in chrieng script written in yellow gamboge ink. Cambodia, c. 1820-80. British Library, Or 5865, f.53. Despite decades of combined efforts ...
Only then must the manuscripts be cleaned using fine sand or bran to wipe the excess of ink. History The archeological evidence of lost Angkorian manuscripts. Not one single Khmer manuscript has survived from the Khmer Empire. However, other archeological findings confirm that they were well in use since ancient times.
This paper manuscript, folded in the leporello or accordion style, guided my studies of smot and sparked a lifelong passion for traditional Southeast Asian books and manuscripts. Prum Ut chanted Khmer and Pali texts from the krang in ornate, flowing melodies as I did my best to keep up. By day, I returned to the manuscript, transcribing and ...
Dec 13, 2021 · British Library, Or 13577, f. 14. 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 ...
In 2019, the Buddhist Digital Resource Center embarked on an ambitious project to digitize thousands of endangered manuscripts in Cambodia. More than 1.4 million pages of these precious texts are now digitally archived and available to the world for the first time. Explore our full library and access the BUDA platform for texts from Southeast ...
The epigraphical record provides three types of evidence that help build a picture of Middle-period Buddhist texts in Cambodia: 1) stylistic choices, particularly the use of bilingual Pali-Khmer prose; 2) direct quotations from Pali and Khmer texts, and 3) citations of titles of Pali liturgical chants, Pali-Khmer sermons, and a chanted Siamese ...
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The Buddhist Digital Resource Center launched the Khmer Manuscript Heritage Project in 2019 to safeguard the literary heritage of Cambodia through the digitization of surviving traditional palm-leaf manuscripts. In two and a half years, in collaboration with Digital Divide Data, The Brechin Group Inc., the Fonds pour l'Édition des Manuscrits ...
