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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00202

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627906

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:

Lao Buhan (Old Lao)

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

27.7 x 4.0 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

27.7 x 4.0 cm

Text block dimension:

25.2 x 3.2 cm

Number of pages:

48 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The content tells five kinds of medical herbs and the healing process for fevers, urinary obstruction, stomachaches, hemorrhoids, sore eyes, bleeding, chest tightness, cough, and etc. The conditions of sickness 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. 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:

ຢາສັນນິບາດທັງ 5

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Yā sannibāt daṅ 5

Item 1 - Title in English script:

The integration of the 5 kinds of medicine

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao