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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00261

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627965

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Vinaya; Medical treatise; White magic; Horoscope

Copyist:

Anonymous

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao; Lao Buhan (Old Lao)

Writing support:

Mulberry paper in leporello format

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

34.8 x 13.8 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

34.8 x 13.8 cm

Text block dimension:

33.5 x 27.0 cm

Number of pages:

66 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

Yes

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The contents are mixed with various kinds of texts. On the first side includes Vinaya doctrine, medicine and healing process, and stanzas of white magic. On the second side contain the texts of horoscopes and stanzas. Vinaya: The text starts from the first page to the second page, talks about Vinaya doctrine describing what actions that a monk did against the monastic disciplines, and he must have received offences. medical treatise: The content talks about various kinds of medical herbs and the healing process. The subjects of conditions appear on the left margin. white magic (text 3 and 5): The content talks about various kinds of protection Gatha (Stanza). Horoscope: The text goes from the second side with diagrams describing the fortune telling for a man and woman who will get married, he or she needs to observe the line of love-match.

Other notes:

The first three folios are damaged on the left edge. white magic (text 5): The text starts from the reverse side of the second side.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ວິໄນ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Vinaya]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Vinaya doctrine]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao; Pali

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Item 2 - Title in Native script:

[ຕໍາລາຢາ]

Item 2 - Title in Roman script:

[Tamlā Yā]

Item 2 - Title in English script:

[Medicine treatise]

Item 2 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 2 - Language:

Lao

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Item 3 - Title in Native script:

[ຄາຖາ]

Item 3 - Title in Roman script:

[Gāthā]

Item 3 - Title in English script:

[Stanza]

Item 3 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 3 - Language:

Lao

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Item 4 - Title in Native script:

[ໂຫຣາສາດ]

Item 4 - Title in Roman script:

[Horāsāt]

Item 4 - Title in English script:

[Horoscope]

Item 4 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 4 - Language:

Lao

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Item 5 - Title in Native script:

[ຄາຖາປ້ອງກັນຕົວ]

Item 5 - Title in Roman script:

[Gāthā Pòngkan Tua]

Item 5 - Title in English script:

[Protective stanzas]

Item 5 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 5 - Language:

Lao