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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0011 00849

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537477

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Maha That Rasabovoravihan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Didactics

Copyist:

Thit (ex-monk) Lek

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:

5 x 55.7 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

5 x 55.7 cm

Text block dimension:

3.9 x 46.7 cm

Number of pages:

26 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text gives social practices of what is right and wrong. For example, making a rice field on a space of abandoned monastic abodes, stupas, and houses is considered improper.

Colophon:

Folio 11 on the verso side: Thit Lek was the scribe.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ທໍາມະດາສອນໂລກ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Dhammadā Sòn Lok]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The way of the world

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali, Lao