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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/10
Title:: Untitled
Scope & Content:: This manuscript written on blackened khòi paper contains various notes written with coarse handwriting, including a short note of a woman called Nang Kongsi who received one hundred Kip, followed by the statement “I will face a lot of hardships”. . 14 folios
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 14 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/11
Title:: Untitled
Scope & Content:: This manuscript written on blackened khòi paper contains various notes written with relatively neat handwriting, including various teachings, chants for invoking the rice spirit, magic formulas, and notes of certain events. 40 folios
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 40 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/12
Title:: Untitled
Scope & Content:: This manuscript written on blackened khòi paper with white chalk contains notes on simple mathematical calculations, probalby used for calculating expenses of the owner/user, and also short notes written either in Lao or in French. 39 folios. Script: Lao Buhan
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 39 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/13
Title:: Untitled
Scope & Content:: This multiple-text manuscript ( written on blackened khòi paper with white ink) deals with several topics, such as history of the Buddhist religion, the life of thef 5 Buddhas, traditional medicine, magical drawings, Pali passages, notes on astrology, and notes of certain events. 53 folios
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 53 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/14
Title:: Untitled
Scope & Content:: This multiple-text manuscript ( written on blackened khòi paper with white ink) deals with several topics, such as eyewitness reports and notes of certain events. 16 folios. Script: Lao Buhan
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 16 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/15
Title:: (Kan Saban) ((ກ້ານສາບານ))
Scope & Content:: This manuscript ( written on greyish khòi paper with black ink) is about how to announce or invite a divinity and a sacred being, according to a popular believe that they are needed as witnesses for certain actions or ceremonies. 14 folios. Script: Lao Buhan
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 14 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/16
Title:: Untitled
Scope & Content:: This multiple-text manuscript ( written on greyish khòi paper with black ink) deals with very different topics, such as traditional medicine, magic formulas, astrology and divination (predicting the future of persons depending on the year and month of their birth). 82 folios. Language of material...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Thai
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 82 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/17
Title:: Untitled
Scope & Content:: This multiple-text-manuscript ( written on greyish khòi paper with black ink) deals with several topics, such as the story of Mr. Thukala whose mental problems caused problems for the people all the city who decided to exile him from the city. Another story entitled Achinnapala is about an orpha...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Lao
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 23 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/18
Title:: Yattikammavaca (ຍັດຕິກັມມະວາຈາ) (1791)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript (written partially with yellow ink on blackened khòi paper and partially with black ink on greyish khòi paper) is about the way a proper ordination ceremony is organized, the qualities of a person who is going to become a monk or novice. This text is a compilation of questions rai...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Pali
Date Range:: 1791
Extent:: 24 Tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP691/3/5/19
Title:: Kammavaca (ກັມມະວາຈາ)
Scope & Content:: This manuscript ( written on greyish khòi paper with black ink) contains a Burmese Kammavaca text which is about the way a proper ordination ceremony is organized, the qualities of a person who is going to become a monk or novice. This text is a compilation of questions raised by the senior monk ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 17th century-20th century
Extent:: 24 Tiff images

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