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1. Or 12167

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Or 12167
Title:
Phrommachat พรหมชาติ
Scope & Content:
Drawings based on the Chinese zodiac, which relates each lunar month to the animals of the 12-year-cycle and their reputed attributes (earth, wood, fire, iron, water) as well as a male or female avatar (yin-yang), a plant and a number diagram. Used as a manual for fortune telling and divination....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
1750-1850
Extent:
44 folios

2. Or 15209

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15209
Title:
Treatise on pressure massage ตำรานวด
Scope & Content:
Treatise on Thai pressure massage (tamrā nūat). With male and female figures and pressure massage points explained in black and red ink. Fragment.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 item

3. Or 15419

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15419
Title:
Treatise on horses and cats ตำราม้าและแมว
Scope & Content:
Descriptions of horses and cats. Illustrations: Coloured illustrations of horses and cats on each folio.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
54 folios

4. Or 15567

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15567
Title:
Cat treatise ตำราแมว with texts on fortune telling and pressure massage
Scope & Content:
A collection of texts related to fortune telling, divination and pressure massage. Descriptions of good and bad cats. Dated to 1824 A.D. (1186 Chulasakkarat Era) in colophon on fol. 54. Illustrations: Fol. 1: A male mythical figure carrying a woman or apsara Fols. 2-6: Cats Fols. 16-18: Hu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
1824
Extent:
54 folios

5. Or 16180

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16180
Title:
'Tamra sang kuhmara mae sua lambong rahu' = ตำราทร้างกุหมารแม้ืซืวลำบองราหู้
Scope & Content:
Divination manual with astrological explanations, used for predictions according to the month of birth. Illustrations: Coloured illustrations of human figures, gods and deities based on Hindu mythology, some illuminated with gold leaf. Fol. 3: Two human figures with red marks Fol. 6: Two hum...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Thai
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
78 folios

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