Royal chronicle of Ayutthaya พระราชนิพลพงศาวดาร กรุงสยาม
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Annals of the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya up to 1784 A.D. "This copy of the historical text, in black in on blue European paper, was made from a set of 30 Thai folding books which were subesequently lost. It preserves one of the oldest surviving versions of Thai history, which is more complete th...
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....
A horoscope manual with coloured drawings showing the twelve years of the animal cycle calendar in two series. Created during the reign of Rama V (King Chulalongkorn), but before end of the 19th century. Illustrations: 28 pages with coloured illustrations
Medical treatise with massage instructions Illustrations: 30 illustrations of the human body with massage points, including one large illustration with gold illumination stretching over the first five folios.
A series of portraits alternating characters from daily life with others drawn from literature, mainly the Ramakien Illustrations: Illustrated throughout
Mahābuddhagunā มหาพุทธคุณ and other Buddhist texts
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Extracts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka), with illustrations from The Ten Birth Tales or The Last Ten Jatakas (thotsachat). Fols. 1-3: Abhidhammātikā - Dhammasanganī Fols. 3-4: Vibhanga Fols. 4-5: Dhātukathā Fols. 5-6: Puggalapannati Fols. 6-7: Kathāvatthu Fols. 7-8: Yamaka Fols. 8-9: Mahāp...