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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0068 00001

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628314

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Pak Ou (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Khanan Khoeng

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Ai Khanan Khoeng, Ban Pak Chaek village

Subject matter:

Horoscope

Copyist:

Ai Khanan Khoeng, Ban Pak Chaek village

Copying date in Gregorian:

1920 - 2019

Place of copying:

Pak Chaek village, Pak U district

Script:

Lue

Writing support:

Mulberry paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

48.7 x 35.3 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

43 x 34.7 cm

Text block dimension:

35 x 32 cm

Number of pages:

84 pages

Number of blank pages:

21 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript is a multiple-text manuscript which contains various contents relating to horoscope, astrology, divination and exorcise. The sub-titles of the chapters are in circles. The major contents tell the information of birth years, Süpsata Luang (prolong a city’s fortune), Pai khai khua (go out for trading), Khwan khao (Spirit of the rice), Süpsata khao (prolong the rice’s fortune), Songkhò thang 9 (9 kinds of exorcise), Süt Phihai (chanting at a fierce spirit), Ubat khamfan (sinister dream), Nam khon (name of a person), Saisü deknòi (name of a child), Süt thon phayat (chanting for removing diseases), Ubat fai mai (sinister fire), Ubat fapha (sinister lightning), etc. The texts on the reverse side tell the name of the traditional herbs and healing process.

Colophon:

Front cover folio: ໝາຍໜ້າທັບພັບຫາມື້ຫາວັນ ມີທັງຢາສັບພະທັງມວນ ຂອງອ້າຍໜານເຄິ່ງ ບ້ານປາກແຈກ ທ່ານເຮີຍ. This is the front cover. A book of seeking for auspicious days and of various kinds of traditional medicines. It belongs to Ai Nan Khoeng from Ban Pak Chaek village, Sir.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ພັບຫາມື້ຫາວັນ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Bab Hāmü Hāvan

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Book of seeking for auspicious days

Item 1 - Author:

Ai Khanan Khoeng, Ban Pak Chaek village

Item 1 - Language:

Lue; Lao; Pali