Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province
Script:
Tham Lue
Writing support:
Palm-Leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
56.3 x 5.1 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
56.3 x 5.1 cm
Text block dimension:
50.5 x 4.5 cm
Number of pages:
32 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
One day, King Maha Vong entered the forest for catching elephants. At the time, Queen Taeng On was pregnant for ten months and gave a birth of son. Vaiyaka, the mother of other five wives planned to change the baby with a crocodile cub and accused the queen giving a birth of a crocodile cub. She did that in order to get Taeng On rid of the palace and her daughter would become the queen instead. When the king return and was informed about that he was angry and banished Taeng On from the palace.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 15 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມເພິ່ນເກືອເປັດເກືອໄກ່ນັ້ນແລເຮີຍ.
ລານທີ່ 16 ໜ້າ 2: ໝາຍໜ້າໃບປາຍນິຍາຍແຕງອ່ອນ ຜູກ 4 ແລ ຜູ້ຂຽນແມ່ນຂະໜານອິນທະ ພໍ່ອີ່ນາງຢາດແລ ຂຽນປີຣະກາ ປີເມິ່ງເຮົ້າ ເດືອນ 12 ແຮມ 2 ຄ່ຳ ແມ່ນວັນຄານໄທ ຮັບເໝົ້າວັນນັ້ນແລ 2 ພັນ 5 ຮ້ອຍເຕັມນັ້ນແລ ທ່ານເຮີຍ.
Lānthī 15 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām phoen küa pet küa kai nan lae hoei.
Lānthī 16 nā 2: Māi nā baipāi niyāi Taeng ὁn phūk 4 lae phūkhian maen Khanān Intha Phὁ Ī Nāng Yāt lae khian pī rakā pī moeng hao düan 12 haem 2 kham maen van khān thai hap mao van nan lae 2 phan 5 hὁi tem nan lae thān hoei.