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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0067 00003

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628308

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Pak Ou (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Mai Khamfoe Namavong

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Nan Phat from Hat Pang village

Subject matter:

Medical Treatise

Copyist:

Nan Phat from Hat Pang village

Copying date in native date:

A huang pao year

Copying date in Gregorian:

1961

Place of copying:

Hat Pang village

Script:

Tham Lue; Lao Buhan (Old Lao)

Writing support:

Mulberry paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

23 x 21.1 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

23 x 21.1 cm

Text block dimension:

19 x 18 cm

Number of pages:

48 pages

Number of blank pages:

11 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript contains texts of various kinds of medical herbs and about the healing process of a pregnant and while giving birth of a child. It is particularly used by a Mòya (a local healer). The contents tell various conditions of illness of a pregnant e.g. diarrhoea, amblyopia, colic, haemorrhage after giving birth of a baby, getting the wrong food while staying on fire, stay on fire, a baby died in the stomach, headache, and etc.

Other notes:

The writing was started on both sides.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ຕໍາລາຢາພື້ນເມືອງ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Tamlā Yā Phün Müang]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Traditional medical treatise]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Lao