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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00599

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537227

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Medical treatises

Begin Year Date:

1800

End Year Date:

1900

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

4.4 x 27.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

4.4 x 27.5 cm

Text block dimension:

3.7 x 23.8 cm

Number of pages:

46 pages

Number of blank pages:

0 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text describes traditional medicines and uses of specific parts of plants and trees to cure specific kinds of diseases. In the left margins of each leaf, various diseases are described. The medical substances come from all parts of plants and trees, such as roots, bark, leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds, and so forth. This medical treatise is used by practitioners of traditional medicines who also use magic spells while curing a patient.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຕໍາລາຢາພື້ນເມືອງ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Tamlā Nyā Phün Müang

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Book on traditional medicine

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao