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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0065 00002

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628285

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Luang Prabang

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Bunthat Sukhathivong

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Monk Khamda Sukhathivong from Mano village, Luang Prabang

Subject matter:

Medical Treatise

Copyist:

Khamda Sukhathivong from Mano village, Luang Prabang

Place of copying:

Luang Prabang

Script:

Tham Lao

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

No

Manuscript cover dimension:

21.1 x 4.7 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

21.1 x 4.7 cm

Text block dimension:

19.5 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

120 pages

Number of blank pages:

3 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript contains the texts of medical herbs and healing process of illness. The text describes the conditions and diseases to be cured e.g. Scabies, fever with headache and sore throat, heart disease, exanthematous fever, hiccups, abnormal symptoms during being by a fireplace after childbirth, and etc.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ແຜງຢາພະດາ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Baeṅ yā Phra Dā

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Medical treatise of Monk Da

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lao