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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00213

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627917

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

White magic; Astrology

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:

27.5 x 5.0 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

27.5 x 5.0 cm

Text block dimension:

25.5 x 4.9 cm

Number of pages:

32 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The text was written partially in Lao and Pali, is of the spells which are used for expelling an evil spirit or ghost out of the rice fields or the place where we erect the house. The spells are also used to recite at the ceremony of a village while some misfortune happens in order to expel evils and wickedness.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ຄາຖາ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Gāthā]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Stanzas]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao