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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00204

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627908

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:

29.6 x 4.9 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

29.6 x 4.9 cm

Text block dimension:

27.2 x 3.6 cm

Number of pages:

12 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The text tells the conditions, medical herbs and the healing process for curing all kinds of stomachaches. The 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.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ທ້ອງມັນເລືອດ ຢາສັບພະທ້ອງ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Doṅ man lueat yā sabba doṅ

Item 1 - Title in English script:

All medicines for stomach ache

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao