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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0062 00260
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627964
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:
37.7 x 34.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
37.7 x 34.5 cm
Text block dimension:
35.5 x 30.5 cm
Number of pages:
52 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
Yes
Illustration?:
Yes
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
The manuscript depicts tables of the local calendar and drawings. The content relates to divination or fortune-telling determining the good and bad days for performing daily activities. The first page shows a table containing figures of days and months. The text under the table describes the days considered auspicious or inauspicious for performing daily routine work. For example, the day of kao kòng (nine piles) is regarded as good for cutting clothes or for sewing and starting work in the rice fields but not good for performing a cremation ceremony. The manuscript is mostly used by a monk or a ceremonial master of the village, who is knowledgeable and respected by the people in order to give advice to them for performing a ceremony and other activities.
Other notes:
The manuscript which dates probably from the twentieth century is seriously damaged, it is written in Tham Lao script with pink ink. The writing is only on the recto side throughout the volume. The front and back folios were partially cut out by a scissor. The names of the scribe and sponsor are unknown.

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
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