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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0065 00008

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628291

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Bunthat Sukhathivong

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Novice Da

Subject matter:

Rites; Ritual

Copyist:

Novice Vang

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

19.4 x 3.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

19.4 x 3.8 cm

Text block dimension:

18.0 x 3.3 cm

Number of pages:

56 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text talks about the preparation of an exorcise ceremony. The ceremony is organized by a ceremonial master especially for a long ill person for removing nine kinds of bad luck from the patient and encouraging him or her to recover.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 26 ໜ້າ 1: ຈົວວາງ ຂຽນໃຫ້ເນນດາ. Folio 26 on the recto side: Novice Vang wrote for Novice Da. ລານທີ່ 28 ໜ້າ 1: ຂອງຈົວວາງ ຂຽນບໍ່ງາມເນີ. Folio 28 on the recto side: Novice Vang is the scribe. The handwriting is quite poor.

Other notes:

The first leaf is broken on the upper margin and some texts are missing.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ແກ້ເຄາະທັງ 9

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Kae gò daṅ 9

Item 1 - Title in English script:

9 kinds of exorcise

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao