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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00165

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627869

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Thit Phumma; his wife Sao La from Ban Mano village

Subject matter:

Medical Treatise

Copyist:

Anonymous

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

32.0 x 5.0 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

32.0 x 5.0 cm

Text block dimension:

28.5 x 4.2 cm

Number of pages:

208 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text contains many kinds of medical herbs and healing processes. The title on the first page tells the medicine for healing the condition of chickenpox. The other medicines are used for curing the symptom of stomach aches, fevers, influenza with headache, cough, hiccup, and etc. The titles of the conditions appear on the left margins of the leaves. Medical substances can use all parts of a plant or tree, for instance, the root, bark, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, and so forth.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ອອກແດງ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Òk daeṅ

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Having chickenpox

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao