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.

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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@efeo.net

Arlo Griffiths
EFEO/Paris

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From: kauzeya@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 20:44:36 +0200
To: dnreigle@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Indic Script identification: De Jong Collection Manuscripts
CC: indology@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@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@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) 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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