Edict from the Chiêu Thống (昭統) era of the Lê dynasty

This edict bestows two beautifying characters to the title of a female deity; it was issued on the 22nd day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of the reign of Lê Mẫn Đế (黎愍帝).

Hán transcript

𠡠□天香艷冶華麗□閒太后，蘭蕙仙容，瑀珩懿爍，光貞順坤，□于千古，袵席康闔境之民，翊穆清乾，禦于一人，泰磐壽穹圖之脉，登秩既稽常典，推覃載□華章。為黙相皇家穹圖復正，禮當登秩，應加封羙字二字，可加封□天香艷冶華䴡□閒竒姿艷色太后，故𠡠。昭統元年三月二十二日 Seal：敕命之寶

The address 淳祿縣翼東社 is written on the verso.

Transcript provided by Penn State University Libraries.

Title:
Edict from the Chiêu Thống (昭統) era of the Lê dynasty
Authors:
Lê, Chiêu Thống, King of Vietnam, 1766-1793
Document type:
Edict
Dynasty:
Lê — Chiêu Thống
Date:
1787
Date (Vietnamese calendar):
1-3-22
Languages:
Vietnamese, Script Han (Traditional variant)
Subjects:
Vietnam--History--Later Lê dynasty, 1428-1787; Later Lê dynasty (Vietnam)
Place of Publication:
Vietnam
Physical Description:
The edict is on bown paper and features a dragon and cloud in dark ink. The the red imperial seal, Sắc mệnh chi bảo (敕命之寶), is present.
Container:
Box 01
Identifier:
pstsc_10178_359265d446b34ad7255ad861bbaf86f3
Location:
Pennsylvania State University. Special Collections Library
Access Condition:
No Copyright – United States
Description:
This edict bestows two beautifying characters to the title of a female deity; it was issued on the 22nd day of the 3rd month of the 1st year of the reign of Lê Mẫn Đế (黎愍帝).
Date notes:
The non-Gregorian dates on these materials refer to the manner in which days were counted from the beginning of the emperor’s rule. For example, an item from CE 1638 also bears the date 4-5-25, which means the document was written on the 25th day of the 5th month of the 4th year of Lê Thần Tông, the emperor who ruled during the Dương Hòa era.
Note:

The physical collection is comprised of 32 edicts and documents. This digital collection consists of dealer images of the front of each scroll. For further questions regarding the physical collection, please contact the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at spcollections@psu.edu.

The original document is held by the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State University Libraries. Images are provided from Penn State's digital repository.