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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0103 00018

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/791643

Country:

Laos

City (Province):

Pak Ou (Luang Prabang)

Name of collection:

Vat Hat Khò

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Astrology

Place of copying:

Vat Hat Khò Monastery

Script:

Tham Lue

Writing support:

Wood boad

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

30.9 x 24.2 cm

Text block dimension:

29.8 x 21.2 cm

Number of pages:

2 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

The manuscript is a wooden board which contain a table of 60 cyclic days (the days of the animals). This table of the days is popularly used in the local communities of Laos. Some communities, the people stop their regular work on a hwai day or a huang day for relaxing or doing other different activities such as making merit or shoping at a flea market.

Other notes:

The board has many holes for deternimating the day. On the right side, there is a small wood pin handing on. The pin is used to impale a hole in order to mark the day.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

[ໂຫຣາສາດ]

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Horāsāt]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Astrology]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Tai Lue