[INDOLOGY] Indic Script identification: De Jong Collection Manuscripts

Mon Oct 26 07:56:56 UTC 2015

On Lanna manuscripts, see:
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2015-10-26 0:48 GMT+01:00 Nathan McGovern <nmcgover at fandm.edu>:

> It was clear to me as soon as I looked at the first two pictures that they
> are some sort of Tai script, since many of the aksaras are similar if not
> identical to those found in modern standard Thai. I'm not very familiar
> with other Tai scripts, however, so I showed the pictures to Justin
> McDaniel of Penn, and he said that they are written in the Lanna script,
> i.e., the script of the Lanna kingdom of Chiang Mai. There are, however,
> some modern features probably borrowed from Lao.
>
> Best,
>
> Nathan McGovern
> Dalhousie University
>
> On 10/25/2015 10:49 AM, Arlo Griffiths wrote:
>
> I concur with Dr. Kieffer-Pülz. Definitely a Southeast Asian script,
> although not one I have direct experience with.
>
> Consult François Lagirarde (EFEO/Chiang Mai): francois.lagirarde at efeo.net
>
> Arlo Griffiths
> EFEO/Paris
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: kauzeya at gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 20:44:36 +0200
> To: dnreigle at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Indic Script identification: De Jong Collection
> Manuscripts
> CC: indology at list.indology.info
>
> ha ha, well, according to my friend Petra Kieffer-Pülz, I *am* totally
> wrong! She writes:"It looks more like some type of Khom script."
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 3:09 PM, David and Nancy Reigle <
> <dnreigle at gmail.com>dnreigle at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Clemency,
>
> The two images that you have labelled Tibetan Manuscript 1 and Tibetan
> Manuscript 2 are definitely in Tibetan. Possibly if we had a scan of the
> other side of the folio in Tibetan Manuscript 2 we could determine the
> title. After the first phrase, which continues a sentence from the other
> side, it gives a series of homages: homage to the Buddha, homage to the
> dharma, homage to the sangha, etc.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David Reigle
> Colorado, U.S.A.
>
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 1:03 AM, Clemency Montelle <
> <clemency.montelle at canterbury.ac.nz>clemency.montelle at canterbury.ac.nz>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I'm preparing a small exhibition on the De Jong collection that is now
> held by the University of Canterbury in New Zealand (
> <http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/collserv/dejong.shtml>
> http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/collserv/dejong.shtml) as part of
> initiatives to make this scholarly asset more visible to the research
> community (and university officials so they are reminded of its worth and
> importance!)
>
> I found in some of the archival boxes several manuscripts that I would
> like to put on display, but I'm having trouble identifying the scripts of
> them.
>
> Two images appear to be from a Palm Leaf manuscript in some sort of South
> Indian script but I can't put my finger on it exactly.
>
> The other two images appear to be in Tibetan.  Could someone kindly
> confirm this for me?
>
> (I'm busy getting the librarians to take images of the final folia in case
> I can make out a colophon...)
>
> Any help greatly appreciated!
>
> With best wishes,
> Clemency
>
> ---
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