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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00176

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627880

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

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:

28.0 x 4.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

28.0 x 4.8 cm

Text block dimension:

22.8 x 4.2 cm

Number of pages:

24 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text tells the conditions, medical herbs and the healing process, including colic, stomachache, and etc. Medical substances can use all parts of a plant or tree, for instance, the root, bark, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, and so forth. This medical treatise like this is mostly used by a practitioner of traditional medicine who also uses the medicine with magic spells while curing the patient.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ໜັງສືຢາທັງມວນ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Naṅsü yā daṅ muan

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The book of all medicine

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao