Manuscript

Samut thai dami paper manuscript from south central Thailand. The paper has been blackened with charcoal of the sanoh khang khok tree. The more formal text (in yellow ink) includes a first-person account of a minor noble, his family, and his estate with reference to rituals performed at his home. Additional notes have been added in chalk by multiple hands, including a sermon on the path and accounts or calculations. Many pages have notes that are casually written and difficult to read. Written in 4 lines per segment. Written on black khoi paper, in yellow ink and white chalk; folded concertina- or accordion-style. In Thai (Thai). Attached upper cover with a border formed of additional layers of heavy paper; lower cover is missing. Written in south central Thailand (paper origin) between the 1820s and 1840s.