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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00225

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627929

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Xiang Pheng; his wife Sao Kaeopan

Subject matter:

Buddhist tale

Copyist:

Thit (ex-monk) Sao Saensukkhasavat from Ban Latkok village, Nam U River

Copying date in native date:

BE 2518, a kap nyi year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1975

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

52.2 x 5.0 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

52.2 x 5.0 cm

Text block dimension:

46.2 x 3.9 cm

Number of pages:

28 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The story tells of a time, in Koratsamphi, in the sixth lunar month, the rain had fallen down for seven days. Then Indra sent a golden conch to place in a garden of the city with a beautiful girl inside, whose name was Suvanna Sangkhan. When the gardener found it, she informed the king of Koratsamphi about the conch. The king commanded his servants to take the conch to his palace, but nobody could remove it.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ນິຍາຍຫອຍປັງຄໍາ (ຜູກດຽວ)]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Niyai Hòi Pangkham (phuk diao)]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Tale of a golden shell (single fascicle)]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali