Dear Christoph,
Thank you for the report on the progress of making the digital U Pho Thi
archival files available online. I look forward to the announcement and
launching of the website. Bill Pruitt kindly made three of those files
available to me which I am making good use of. Having access to Burmese mss
has opened up a whole new avenue of Pali study for me. I have also procured
full access to the digital files of the Fragile Palm Leaves colletion. Its
very empowering and enriching to be able to read the handwritings of scribes
on palm leaves which are the primary sources of much of what we read in the
modern printed editons.
With gratitude and appreciation,
Jim
From: palistudy@yahoogroups.com <palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:10 PM
To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [palistudy] FW: New Publication (U Pho Thi catalogue)
Dear Jim, Dear all,
Thank you so much for directing the list's attention to this slowly emerging
project. Bill Pruitt and I have been working together with my indefatigable
colleagues at Robarts Library at the University of Toronto as well as with
the web designer Jeffrey Bermejo (who some of you may know as the creator of
the Toronto IABS 2017 Congress website) to have a permanent platform
installed there called the Myanmar Manuscript Digital Library (MMDL) which
will be hosting, as the first collection that will find its home there, the
U Po Thi Library files. I am so happy that the enormous contribution first
and foremost Bill, but also the PTS and all the marvellous scholars involved
have made towards Pali and Burmese Studies with the creation of this archive
can soon be amplified by the online availability of the images. The
infrastructure, which is now in place, is large enough to allow for many
more collections to be added and Bill and I are hoping that there is lots of
scope for the growth of a robust Burma-focused digital archive here. The
main purpose of the agreement I signed with Robarts Library in my function
as the digital archive's main curator is meant to guarantee long-term
preservation, - a mission to which Robarts Library and the University of
Toronto are strongly dedicated. While the raw frame for the digital archival
building has been now created, some work still needs to be done till we can
make the archive available online to you and to the larger public. Please
bear with us as these last crucial steps are being taken. I will make sure
that you all will know as soon as the website is ready to be launched.
Warmly,
Christoph
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Christoph Emmrich
Associate Professor, Buddhist Studies
Director, Centre for South Asian Studies
at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Chair, Numata Program UofT/McMaster
University of Toronto
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About. Christoph Emmrich (PhD University of Heidelberg, 2004) engages with
fields as diverse as Nepalese and Burmese Buddhism, Sanskrit, Pali, Newar,
Burmese and Mon literature and Tamil Jainism.
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From: mailto:palistudy@yahoogroups.com <mailto:palistudy@yahoogroups.com> on
behalf of mailto:jimanderson.on@... [palistudy]
<mailto:palistudy@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: February 6, 2019 9:27 AM
To: mailto:palistudy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [palistudy] FW: New Publication (U Pho Thi catalogue)
Forwarding this email just in from PTS. Mention is made of the collection in
PDFs being prepared by staff at the Robarts Library, University of Toronto
which will be made available on a website.
Jim
From: mailto:pts@... <mailto:pts@...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 8:51 AM
To: PTS <mailto:pts@...>
Subject: New Publication
Dear Members of the PTS,
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book:
The Catalogue of Manuscripts in the U Pho Thi Library, Thaton, Myanmar,
W. Pruitt, Y. Ousaka, S. Kasamatsu. Bristol: The Pali Text Society, 2019.
ISBN-10 0 86013 524 1
ISBN-13 978 086013 524 1
List price: £ 40.00
The Catalogue gives details of over 780 palm-leaf manuscripts and 5
parabaiks that will be made available as PDFs on a website being prepared by
the staff of the Robarts Library, University of Toronto, Canada. In the
meantime, scholars can request PDFs of individual texts by contacting the
Pali Text Society. The texts cover a wide range of Pāli canonical texts,
commentaries, and sub-commentaries. There are also many rare texts in
Burmese, Burmese nissayas, and Mon nissayas. The project to photograph the
manuscripts was sponsored by the Pali Text Society and financed by several
generous grants from Japan.
--
Ms K. Wendland, M.A.
(Office Administrator)
Pali Text Society
c/o CPI Antony Rowe Ltd
Unit 4 Pegasus Way
Bowerhill Industrial Estate
Melksham, Wilts
SN12 6TR, U.K.
URL: http://www.palitext.com
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