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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0106 00002

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791746

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Somphone Lattanachindavong

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; Lao

Writing support:

Mulberry Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

18.5 x 17.9 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

18.5 x 17.9 cm

Text block dimension:

16.2 x 11.7 cm

Number of pages:

54 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The contents include various kinds of invulnerable spells for protecting the reciter from weapons such as gunshot, swords, knives, etc. Some spells are in short texts of talisman, used to write on a piece of cloth or metal.

Other notes:

The color of texts on some pages is mostly faded.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ພະຍາຍາມຫຼວງ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Phayā yām luaṅ]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Great time]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Pali; Lao