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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0071 00001
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/628325
Country:
Laos
City (Province):
Nam Bak (Luang Prabang)
Name of collection:
Private Collection of Khanan Chon Hung Inthasone
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Anonymous
Subject matter:
Proverbs
Copyist:
Anonymous
Copying date in native date:
CS 1324, a tao nyi year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1962
Place of copying:
Nayang Nuea village
Script:
Tham Lue
Writing support:
Mulberry paper
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript cover dimension:
38.3 x 30 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
38.3 x 30 cm
Text block dimension:
30.8 x 28.1 cm
Number of pages:
64 pages
Number of blank pages:
31 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Damaged
Description of manuscript content:
The texts were written in Nissaya style. The sentences start with Pali words and follow with descriptions in Lue language. For examples, anyone who is useful to us we, he or she should be considered as our relative. Anyone who looks after us, he should be considered as our father. Even if one of our relatives is not useful to us, he or she should be considered to be someone else.
Colophon:
ໜ້າ 3: ປີຕໍຍີ່ (ເຕົ່າຍີ່) ຈຸນລະສັກກະຣາດ 1324 ເດືອນ 5 ແລມ 7 ຄໍ່າ ມື້ວັນອາທິດໄທ ກັດເປົ້າ ຍາມແຕຣສູ່ຕ່ຽງວັນ ແປງພັບໜ່ວຍນີ້ບໍຣະມວນແລ້ວວັນນັ້ນແລ. ຊື່ວ່າ ພັບສຸພາສິດ ອາຈານຂຽນມອບສົ່ງຫື້ພວກລູກສິກທັງຫຼາຍ ຈົ່ງອຸບປະຖາກຮໍ່າຮຽນຫຼຽນເອົາເທີ້ ຕົວບໍ່ງາມນັ້ນແລ. Folio 2 on the recto side: A tao nyi year, Cullasakkarat (CS) 1324, on the seventh day of the waning moon of the fifth lunar month, Sunday, a kat pao day. The writing of this manuscript was accomplished in the morning (between 9.00-10.30 o’clock). Its title is “Phap Suphasit (Book of proverbs)”. The teacher wrote the book for all his disciples. Please preserve it and learn from it. The letters are not beautiful.
Other notes:
The manuscript was sewn with a cotton string at the top and has a cotton loop for hanging. The front and back covers are missing. Many folios are damaged.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ພັບສຸພາສິດ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Bab Subāsita
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The book of proverbs
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Lue; Lao; Pali
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