Almost everything here was written on palm leaf. Fifty-six manuscripts were not — and what is written on paper turns out to be a different kind of book.
- The 56 khoi manuscriptsข้อสังเกต · a finding
A curiosity bot flagged this one at full confidence: khoi paper is the rare support in this collection.
- Khoi paper · กระดาษข่อยวัสดุ · a material
Khoi — mulberry-bark paper, folded concertina-style rather than strung as leaves. A different object to hold, and usually a later one.
- Along keng soeng moeng khonใบลาน · manuscript
Along keng soeng moeng khon — one of the fifty-six.
- Mahawong taeng onใบลาน · manuscript
Mahawong taeng on — another. Paper travels with the vernacular: almanacs, medicine, magic, the working texts rather than the canon.
- Palm-leaf · ใบลานวัสดุ · a material
For contrast, the majority support: palm leaf, which is what most of this archive physically is.
That was a trail. Every step is a real record in the archive, and every link on it goes somewhere you can keep pulling.