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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00203
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627907
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Luang Prabang
Name of collection:
Vat Manorom Sattharam
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Thit (ex-monk) Pheng
Subject matter:
Medical Treatise
Copyist:
Thit (ex-monk) Pheng
Place of copying:
Luang Prabang
Script:
Tham Lao
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
27.6 x 3.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
27.6 x 3.8 cm
Text block dimension:
27.1 x 3.6 cm
Number of pages:
46 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text describes traditional medicine and the kinds of sickness which use the specific part of a plant or tree as medicine substances for curing. On the left margins of each leaf contain the text describing the kinds of the sickness. 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.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 1 ໜ້າ 1: ຂອງທິດເພັງ Folio 1 on the recto side: Thit (ex-monk) Pheng [sponsored the making of this manuscript].

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ຕໍາລາຢາ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Tamlā yā
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Medical treatise
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lao
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