The Coronation of the Great Shishlam

The Scroll of Exalted Kingship is essentially a much more detailed version of the Coronation. Whereas the Coronation simply lists the sequences of prayers and rituals to be performed, the Exalted Kingship also provides symbolic explanations for each prayer and ritual that is performed.

Manuscripts and translations

In 1962, E. S. Drower published an English translation and commentary of the text, which was based on Manuscript 54 of the Drower Collection (DC 54, which Drower dates to 1008 A.H., i.e. 1590-1591 A.D.) and Or. 6592, British Museum (dated by Drower to 1298 A.H., i.e. 1880-1881 A.D.). Drower donated DC 54 to the Bodleian Library in 1961.

MS RRC 1A is another manuscript of the Coronation text. The manuscript was copied at Shushtar in 1156 A.H. (1744-5 A.D.) by Iuhana br Ram br Sam br Adam k. Malka Sabur. It has been digitized and analyzed by Matthew Morgenstern.

MS RRC 2E, a damaged manuscript, was copied at Mučarra in 1200 A.H. (1785–1786 A.D.).