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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0065 00011

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628294

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:

Novice Da

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao; French

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

17.9 x 4.4 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

17.9 x 4.4 cm

Text block dimension:

16.0 x 3.0 cm

Number of pages:

20 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text tells the spells for chasing a ghoul or an evil spirit or phantom from a person. When a ghoul haunts somebody, the shaman will use these spells to aggrieve the spirit and chase it out of the person. The belief of a phantom possessing a person still exists in Southeast Asia but not widely spreaded.

Colophon:

ລານທີ່ 10 ໜ້າ 1: XÉNNÉNDA Jénnénda ເນນດາ. Folio 10 on the recto side: XÉNNÉNDA Jénnénda ເນນດາ. ລານທີ່ 10 ໜ້າ 2: (ຂຽນເປັນພາສາຝຣັ່ງເສດ) ເນນດາຂຽນບໍ່ເປັນ. Folio 10 on the verso side: (written in French) Novice Da is not fluent at writing.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ວິຊາຂະໜາບຜີປອບແລະຜີພາຍ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Vixā khanāp bhīpòb lae bhībāi

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The spell for chasing a ghoul and ghost

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao