དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A ritual text for those seriously sick and bedridden, utilising a Lud (wylie glud) a ritual dough figure, as a ransom effigy, offered to the evil spirits as a substitute for the afflicted person. ནད་པ་ལ་རིམ་གྲོ་བྱེད་པའི་གླུད་རབས་བཞུགས་སོ།།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of seven folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Varying sizes up to 32 cm x 11 cm.

Condition of original material: Discolouration, frayed page edges. Tears and repairs throughout.

Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations.

Arrangement: All the material is stored in the prayer room (not seen) and was brought out to be measured and digitised. The precise country of origin is unknown. However it is almost certain that the original text was created in Tibet, though the specific material in question has been copied locally in Spiti (India) at a later date.