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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00080

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628091

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

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:

57.4 x 4.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

57.4 x 4.5 cm

Text block dimension:

52.7 x 3.6 cm

Number of pages:

60 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

When no ruler dared to answer Princess Suvanna Phimpha Khanun Ngio’s questions. Then King Phommadata announced that if any pundit who could answer his daughter’s question, he would offer him the princess. Later, the Bodhisatta could answer all the princess’s questions. Thus, the king allowed him to marry the princess.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 29 ໜ້າ 2: ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມກອງແລງເນີ ໜັງສືປາກຫຼຶງເນີ. Folio 29 on the verso side: The writing of this manuscript was finished at the time of the afternoon’s drum (between 13.30-15.00 o’clock). The manuscript of Vat Pak Lueng.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພິມພາຄະນຸນງີ້ວ (ຜູກ 3)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bimbā ganun ngio (phuk 3)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Princess Bimba knits her brow (fascicle 3)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao