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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0063 00006
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628017
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Chomphet (Luang Prabang)
Name of collection:
Vat Pak Lueng
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Xiang Onsi; his wife Sao Kongsi; all their relatives; children
Subject matter:
Didactics
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
CS 1268, a ka khai year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1906
Place of copying:
Vat Pak Lueng, Chomphet district
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
59.4 x 5.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
59.4 x 5.0 cm
Text block dimension:
54.2 x 3.9 cm
Number of pages:
64 pages
Number of blank pages:
8 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The text contains the morals and teachings of daily life, which are practiced from the ancestors. The teachings on the traditions and cultures such as youngsters should respect elders and are still useful for anybody who follows.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ໂລກຄະດີທໍາ (ຜູກຕົ້ນ)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Loka gadidhamma (phuk ton)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The affairs of the world (fascicle 1)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Lao
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