Fine and well-preserved cloth wrapper with bamboo ribbing. Geometric motif. Gilt lacquer wooden title marker with inscription in Lanna script and language on one side (reverse side blank red lacquer). Gives title "Mahavesantara; (sic) and Sakkaraja date. Includes "anisong" (with grey string). Handwritten label on inside cover: "The sixteen volume MS Laos, Indo-China Name: - Vessantara Jataka. The birth story of Gotama Buddha describing his incarnation as King Vessantara." 2 plain red covers. Leaves have gilt and dark lacquer edges. Phuk in discorder - seem to be 13? Chapter titles in left margins - Sakkapan, Vannepavet, Kumarapan, etc.
Contents
Bundle 1
Leaf 35V contains 2 lines. Leaf 36 is blank. Leaf 36 is blank.
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Bundle 2
Leaf 24R contains 1 line and leaf 24V contains 1 line. Leaf 25 is blank.
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Bundle 3
Leaf 10V contains 2 lines. Leaf 11 is blank. Leaf 12 is blank.
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Bundle 4
Leaf 39R contains 3 lines and leaf 39V is blank. Leaf 40 is blank. Leaf 41 is blank.
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Bundle 5
Leaf 1 is blank. Leaf 15V contains 3 lines. Leaf 16R contains 3 lines and leaf 16V contains 1 line. Leaf 17 is blank.
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Bundle 6
Leaf 1 is blank. Leaf 20R contains 2 lines and leaf 20V contains 3 lines. Leaf 21R contains 2 lines and leaf 21V is blank.
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Bundle 7
Leaf 1 is blank. Leaf 17V contains 1 line. Leaf 18 is blank.
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Bundle 8
Bundle 9
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Bundle 10
Leaf 24V is blank. Leaf 25R contains 1 line and leaf 25V is blank. Leaf 26 is blank.
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Bundle 11
Leaf 42R contains 1 line and leaf 42V contains 1 line. Leaf 43R is blank and leaf 43V contains 1 line.
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Bundle 12
Bundle 13
Leaf 10V is blank. Leaf 11R contains 2 lines and leaf 11V contains 2 lines. Leaf 12R contains 2 lines and leaf 12V is blank. Leaf 13 is blank.
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Bundle 14
Leaf 38R contains 2 lines and leaf 38V contains 1 line. Leaf 39R contains 3 lines and leaf 39V is blank. Leaf 40 is blank.
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Bundle 15
Leaf 31R contains 3 lines and leaf 31V is blank. Leaf 32R contains 1 line and leaf 32V contains 1 line. Leaf 33 is blank.
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