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The very curious and wonderful picture book of Pagan history

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Title
The very curious and wonderful picture book of Pagan history
Additional title: Pagan history picture book
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1890
Place: Burma
Library locations
Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Burmese MS. 5
Topics
Burma -- History -- Pagan period, 849-1287
Stories without words
Manuscripts, Burmese
Genres
Manuscripts
Picture books
Notes
Statement of responsibility: prepared by Say Arsainghmangyo.
Content: With various illustrations of the matters happened during the reign of 25 kings, commencing from Sawrahan of Poparto the king of Zeyatheinka (Nandauncmin)
Content: Presentation copy.
Physical Description
Extent: 15 lacquered leaves
Fully illustrated in black and red, within lacquered box.
Type of Resource
Still image
Three dimensional object
Languages
Burmese
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fa270490-3653-0134-4629-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1890: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "The very curious and wonderful picture book of Pagan history" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1890. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/892afe6c-a716-a150-e040-e00a1806202c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "The very curious and wonderful picture book of Pagan history" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/892afe6c-a716-a150-e040-e00a1806202c

APA Format

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. (1890). The very curious and wonderful picture book of Pagan history Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/892afe6c-a716-a150-e040-e00a1806202c

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The very curious and wonderful picture book of Pagan history