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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0065 00006

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628289

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Bunthat Sukhathivong

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Rites; Ritual

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

BE 2489

Copying date in Gregorian:

1946

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

19.5 x 3.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

19.5 x 3.8 cm

Text block dimension:

18.0 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

18 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript contains the text of tholanisan (the message of the earth) which is used for chanting at a ceremony organized for a long ill person. The text is recited by a ceremonial master by oral in order to make mental treatment of the patient. This tradition is mostly used in the countryside but so far not popular like in the past. Due to the people go to see a doctor when they are sick.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 9 ໜ້າ 1: ແລ້ວເດືອນ 4 ແຮມ 11 ຄໍ່າ ພໍ່າວ່າມື້ຮ້ວງເປົ້າ ວັນ 5 ຍາມທ່ຽງ ສັງກາດໄດ້ 2489. Folio 9 on the recto side: [the writing of this manuscript] was finished on the eleventh day of the waning moon of the fourth lunar month, a huang pao day, the fifth day of the week (Thursday), BE 2489.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ທໍລະນີສານ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Dòlanīsān

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The message of the earth

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao