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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0063 00134
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628145
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Chomphet (Luang Prabang)
Name of collection:
Vat Pak Lueng
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Thit Thongdi; his wife; all their children
Subject matter:
Literature
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
CS 1265, a ka mao year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1903
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:
55.3 x 4.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
55.3 x 4.5 cm
Text block dimension:
49.4 x 3.7 cm
Number of pages:
56 pages
Number of blank pages:
4 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The content tells two woodpeckers lived with their babies in a nest in a tree in a forest. There were two herds of elephants walking towards the tree. The birds were afraid that the herd would harm their children so they talked to the king elephants and begged. The first king elephant, Kotsalo, blocked the path where the bird’s nest was located until all members of the herd had passed. But the second king elephant, Devadata did not listen, he used his trunk to pull down the bird’s nest and stomped the baby birds to death.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສຽວສະຫວາດ (ຜູກ 5)
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Siao Savat (phuk 5)
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The story of Siao Savat (fascicle 5)
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Pali; Lao
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