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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0063 00070

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628081

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Chomphet (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Pak Lueng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Phikkhu Vutthipanya

Subject matter:

Jataka

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

CS 1286, a kap chai year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1924

Place of copying:

Vat Pak Lueng, Chomphet district

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

59.5 x 5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

59.5 x 5 cm

Text block dimension:

53.9 x 3.9 cm

Number of pages:

38 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The content tells the story of the family of King Vessantara and Queen Maddi. The royal wedding ceremony of Prince Jali and Princess Kanha who were siblings. King Vessantara, the father was born in a ka hao year, on the full moon day of the sixth lunar month in Anuratha kingdom. Queen Maddi was born on the third day of the waning moon but at the same time, and the same year as King Vessantara. The king and queen married when they were sixteen years old.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ຊາລາພິເສກ (ຜູກດຽວ)

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sālābhiseka (phuk diao)

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Salaphisek (single fascicle)

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Pali; Lao