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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0062 00268

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/627972

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Vat Manorom Sattharam

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Medical Treatise

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:

36.7 x 11.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

36.7 x 11.5 cm

Text block dimension:

34.5 x 10.0 cm

Number of pages:

58 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The text contains various kinds of medical herbs and healing processes. the traditional medicine and the kinds of sickness which use the specific part of a plant or tree as medicine substances for curing. On the left margins of each leaf contain the text describing the kinds of the sickness. Medical substances can use all parts of a plant or tree, for instance, the root, bark, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, and so forth. This medical treatise like this is mostly used by a practitioner of traditional medicine who also uses the medicine with magic spells while curing the patient.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ຕໍາລາຢາ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Tamlā Yā]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Medical treatise]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao