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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0104 00001
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791739
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Pak Ou (Luang Prabang)
Name of collection:
Private Collection of Khampom Phongsavanh
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Magic and Divination
Copyist:
Anonymous
Begin Year Date:
1900
End Year Date:
1999
Place of copying:
Pak Chaek Village
Script:
Tham Lue
Writing support:
Mulberry Paper
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript cover dimension:
21.2 x 7.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
21.2 x 7.8 cm
Text block dimension:
20 x 7 cm
Number of pages:
32 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The contents tell Ò khong (‘Invulnerable spells’), Ò thong (‘Invulnerable spells’), Yan fan thaeng bo khao (talisman to be proof against knife hacking and stabing).
Other notes:
The texts were written on both sides. The first side starts from page 1 to 8. The reverse side starts from page 18 to 9.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
[ຄາຖາ]
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
[Gāthā]
Item 1 - Title in English script:
[Spells]
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Pali
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