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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0074 00007

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628345

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:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Didactics; Astrology

Copyist:

Anonymous

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:

43.5 x 21.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

42.5 x 21.5 cm

Text block dimension:

37.5 x 20.2 cm

Number of pages:

86 pages

Number of blank pages:

7 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The contents tell the teachings on the Buddhism, and the traditional law such as description of 20 groups of wives, a husband has a legal wife and ladylove, an owner of a cow or buffalo makes his rice field, a donkey, a horse, a cow or a buffalo gets in other rice fields, the punishment of stealing, and etc. The texts on the reverse side are the traditional medicines and healing process and telling fortune for a person.

Other notes:

The front and back covers are missing. The manuscript is sewn with a cotton string at the top.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ຄໍາສອນແລະໂຫຣາສາດ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Khamsòn lae horāsāt]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Teachings and astrology]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Lao; Pali