Private Collection of Khanan Duang Kaeo Chanthavongsa
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Khanan Duang Keo
Subject matter:
White magic; Astrology
Copyist:
Novice Chanthapanya from the north temple
Copying date in native date:
CS 1304, a kao sanga year
Copying date in Gregorian:
1942
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:
30 x 20.6 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
30 x 20.6 cm
Text block dimension:
24.5 x 19.5 cm
Number of pages:
78 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text on the pastdown of the front cover is khatha 7 mae (incantation of seven mothers) is used for protecting a baby crying at night and a long ill person. The diagrams for looking for a lucky or unlucky year for a person. Jata koet (fate of birth) is about the month of birth of a person. For example, the person who was born in the first lunar month will be wealthy but will be suffered in the younghood. Van pap (unauspicious day), is a bad day that should not do some things. For example, the first day of the waxing moon is a bad day for a house. Therefore, you should not fix or repair the house.
Colophon:
ໜ້າປົກ: ໜ້າທັບພອບລູກນີ້ເປັນຂອງຂ້ອຍແລເນີ ອັນເປັນປີກາບສະຫງ້າ ຈຸທະສັງກາດໄດ້ 1304 ຕົວ ຢູ່ວັດນາເໜືອ. (ຂຽນເປັນພາສາອັງກິດດ້ວຍບິກສີແດງ): This book belongs to Monk Duang Keo Rattanabandit. (ຂຽນເປັນພາສາອັງກິດດ້ວຍບິກສີຟ້າ): ມາຮອດປີນີ້ ປຶ້ມຫົວນີ້ ອາຍຸໄດ້ 74 ປີ.
Front cover folio on the recto side: This book belongs to me [was made in] a kap sanga year, Cunlasangkat 1304, while staying at Vat Na Nuea. The text in English written with a red pen): This book belongs to Monk Duang Keo Rattanabandit. (The text in modern Lao written with a blue pen): Until this year, this book is 74 years old.
ໜ້າປົກຫຼັງ: ໜ້າທັບພອບລູກນີ້ເປັນຂອງສໍາມະເນນຈັນທະປັນຍາແລ ບໍ່ງາມກາຍ ໄຜຢ່າເອົາໄປເສ່ຍຫື້ຂ້ອຍແດ່ເນີທັງຫຼາຍເຮີຍ.
Back cover folio on the recto side: This book belongs to Novice Chanthapanya. Not beautiful. Anybody does not make it lost for me, dear all.
Other notes:
The manuscript is sewn with a cotton string. The writing starts from both sides.