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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0074 00006

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628344

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Pak Ou (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Mai Chan Saytham

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thu (Monk) Chanthakumman

Subject matter:

Astrology; Rites

Copyist:

Thu (Monk) Chanthakumman

Place of copying:

Vang Lae village

Script:

Tham Lue

Writing support:

Mulberry paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

56 x 24 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

33.5 x 24 cm

Text block dimension:

29.5 x 21.5 cm

Number of pages:

76 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript is used like a notebook due to it containing various texts related to astrology and traditional rites. There are diagrams inside the manuscript, which are used for calculating for auspicious days, and fortune telling. The other text is related to building a new house, which is popular used in the countryside.

Colophon:

ໜ້າປົກ: ໜ້າທັບພັບປັກກະທຶນ ເປັນຂອງທຸຈັນທະກຸມມານ ໃສ່ໄວ້ແລ. ພັບ...ຜູກນີ້ເປັນສົມເດັດຈັນທະກຸມມານແລ Front cover folio: front cover of Pakkathuen (calendar) belongs to Thu (monk) Chanthakumman. This manuscript belongs to Somdet Chanthakumman.

Other notes:

The manuscript is covered with a cotton cloth and sewn with a cotton string. There are diagrams, drawing of a bark, horses and fish inside the manuscript.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ປັກກະທຶນ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Pakkadün

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Calendar

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Lao; Pali