Chao Hua Mòm (Prince) Chanthi from Ban Thong village
Subject matter:
Rites; Ritual
Copyist:
Chao Hua Mòm (Prince) Chanthi from Ban Thong village
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
29.3 x 3.9 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
29.3 x 3.9 cm
Text block dimension:
26.2 x 3.1 cm
Number of pages:
38 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text is used to recite at a ceremony organized for getting healthy and achieving wishes. The exorcising to remove one’s bad luck is an ancient ritual which has been conducted until these days. The sacrifice is the offering of food and objects to a particular divine being as a worship. The process of the ceremony is led by a ceremonial master who is respected by local people in the village.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 1 ໜ້າ 1: ທໍຣະນີສານເນີ ອາຕຳມາ(ອາຕະມາ) ຫົວເຈົ້າໝ່ອມ ຈັນທີ ບ້ານທົ່ງ ຜູ້ຂຽນເນີ.
Folio 1 on the recto side: Thoranisan. I am Huachao Mom Chanthee from Ban Thong village is the scribe.