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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00259

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627963

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Astrology

Copyist:

Anonymous

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Mulberry paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

38.5 x 28.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

38.5 x 27.5 cm

Text block dimension:

32.5 x 25.5 cm

Number of pages:

92 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

Yes

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript contains several divination texts related to various kinds of fortune-telling, for example the reckoning of the good and bad days for performing daily activities such as the auspicious days for travelling and trading or the calculating of auspicious days for organizing the wedding of a young couple. Other texts pertain to the auspicious moment when starting the construction of a house or a temple or for moving to a new house.

Other notes:

The manuscript is seriously damaged by fire in the middle part. Some folios are missing including the front and back covers. The main text is written in Tham Lao script with blue ink. Some additional texts are written in Old Lao (Lao Buhan) script. The scribe of this undated manuscript is a man named Khamsao Nòi.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ໂຫຣາສາດ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Horoscope]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Horoscope]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao