Stoye, Martina/Panarut, Peera In the Serenity of the Himavanta Forest
What the Berlin Traiphum Discloses

Name: Stoye, Martina/Panarut, Peera: In the Serenity of the Himavanta Forest
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English text, paperback, many color illustrations, large format. 148 pages.

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The "Book of the Three Worlds" ("Traiphum"; Inv. No. II 650, Museum of Asian Art, Berlin) is one of the most beautiful, oldest, and most magnificent manuscripts on Buddhist cosmology from Thailand. This 33-meter-long leporello manuscript was commissioned in 1776 by King Taksin of Thonburi from four royal painters and four royal scribes. In 2023, the Berlin museum program CoMuse facilitated the collaborative research of the images and texts. This book is the result of the two authors' joint research. It focuses on a six-meter-long section of the manuscript: the idyllic and secluded world of the Himavanta Forest with its beautiful lakes, animals, and plants; the course of the southern stream from the Himavanta Forest to the human world; and the many jatakas (narratives from the time before Buddha's birth) contained within it. The authors not only analyze the interplay of text and image in the manuscript, but also explore the connections between what is depicted and other textual traditions of Thailand.

Author: Stoye, Martina/Panarut, Peera
Title: In the Serenity of the Himavanta Forest
Details: English text, paperback, many color illustrations, large format. 148 pages.
State: new
Subtitle: What the Berlin Traiphum Discloses