Konlabot rhymes, a masterpiece of Thai poetry (a special form of rhyme that can be read from top to bottom or bottom to top, and from left to right or right to left like a word puzzle) Illustrations: 12 pages with illustrations
'Tamra sang kuhmara mae sua lambong rahu' = ตำราทร้างกุหมารแม้ืซืวลำบองราหู้
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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...
Extracts from Abhidhamma and 'Phra Malai' พระมาลัย, with illustrations from the Vessantara Jataka พระเวสสันดรชาดก
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Extracts from Abhidhamma. Phra Malai. Colophon: ๚ฑ้๚ พ่อดอนแม่แจ่มทร่างนังสือพระมาลัยไว้ในพระสาศหนาซอให้เป็นปัจใจแก่พระนิพานนั้นเทอน๚๛ ๚ฑ้๚ นายโพ้ลงเป็นผู้สมเคราะให้สำเร็จฅ์มะโนรศความปราฐหนา๚๛ หลวงพี่เกิดเป็นผู้นำมาให้สำเร็จ๚ เป็นมูลข้า Pho Don Mae Chaem sang nang su Phra Malai wai nai phrasat...
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. Also includes descriptions of lucky and unlucky comb...
Fortune telling manual from southern Thailand. A person would use a porcupine quill, knife or wooden stick to open a random page of the booklet, and a divination specialist who knows to interpret the text and illustrations can then give advice to the person how to avoid bad luck or disaster. The...
Sutras (fragment) Illustrations: Each leaf with lavish illustrations depicting the Himavanta (himaphan) forest with elephants, monkeys, squirrels, rabbits and birds on gilt background in outstanding quality