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:
52.0 x 4.6 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.0 x 4.6 cm
Text block dimension:
46.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
42 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
One day, while Thao Khatthanam was wandering for seeking for his father; he fought with two brave men. Finally, he overcame them. Then the two men became his followers. They travelled into the Himalaya forest. Thao Khatthanam fought with a strong giant and overcame the giant. The giant asked him for his life and gave him a magic wand.
Colophon:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Nāthap phāikhao tham Kanthanām phūk 2 lae. Chao satthā maen Phὁ Ī Diao Thao Fan nan lae.
(written by red pen): Pha Nāyang vā bὁ muan leoi thān thanglāi hoei.
Lānthī 20 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām tāvan chāi kae toem sak nὁi kὁ tāvan chak sae khao Phādaeng saeng tāvan kὁ chak mὁn nan lae. Mūnla satthā māi mī Phὁ Ī Diao 2 khāchao phua mia kὁ mī buppha chetanā satthā kὁ mā khonkhwāi hā dai yang potakka bailān mā taemkhian yang tham Kanthanām phūk 2, doem phüa chak mā thāpanā thwāi pen thān müa vai phāinā kap sāsanā 5000 pha vatsā, khὁhü pen phala bun koson khamsū suanī lae sātnā tāp tὁ thao khao sū nelaphān nan thae dae bun hoei laeo lae.
Lānthī 21 nā 1: (written by green pen) Sāo Bān Pākchaek ngām, thī la lük khwan chai thī hak bὁ lüm. Pha Bān Nāyāng khian lae, Pha Bunchan lae Bān Hὁihīt hīn sī lā lae.
Lānthī 21 nā 2: Thangmuan mī 19 bailān pāi nāthap lae.
Nāthap baipāi tham Kanthanām phūk 2 lae noe. Phὁthao Saen Sitthināvὁn pen phūkhian lae.