Manuscript Page

Illumination cut from a folio of a Thai manuscript, showing two women, possibly nuns, kneeling in a devotional pose before a yellow background. On the verso is a modern copy of text in modern Thai from the Phra Malai. A small piece of the manuscript with yellow on one side and text on the other is pasted in the center of the right edge to reinforce the hinge. The upper right corner is slightly damaged. Written in 6 lines per segment. Written on khoi paper; manuscript originally folded concertina- or accordion-style, but this fragment of one folio is stored flat. Written and painted in central Siam in the late 19th century.