Project / Collection: Continuing Digitisation of Cham Manuscripts in Vietnam / Archive Reference (shelfmark): EAP1005/28 / Subject: Fortune-telling - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Project / Collection Continuing Digitisation of Cham Manuscripts in Vietnam Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1005/28 Subject Fortune-telling

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/28
Title:: Cham manuscripts inherited by Mr. Hua Van Lap, from Luong Tri Village
Scope & Content:: 13 Cham manuscripts, paper, orignially belonged to Mr. Hua Van Lap. Subjects include: religious explanation, religious ceremonies, building houses, fortune telling, mantras, legends, Cham calendar. Manuscripts were collected for research purposes by Mr. Thanh Phan. 13 manuscripts of handmade pa...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1162 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/28/3
Title:: Fortune telling of Cham Bani
Scope & Content:: The manuscript mentions many aspects in the religious life of the Cham Awal (Bani) such as instructions for fortune telling, predicting weather, about the five elements, finding fair dates and fair directions, feng shui, house purification ceremonies, body protection. 182 pages. Cham manuscrip...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 186 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/28/10
Title:: Weather observation, fortune telling
Scope & Content:: The experience of weather prediction of ancestors. Other parts give instructions for fortune telling. 144 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; no covers; the last part of the manuscript lost several pages; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 15cm x 14.5cm. 5 ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 144 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/28/11
Title:: Rituals related to zodiac, deteriorating dreams
Scope & Content:: Instructions for performing an offering ceremony to negate misfortunes in the year of a person's zodiac; incantations to perform a hair washing ceremony when encountering deteriorating dreams. 28 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; no covers; the first and last part of the manuscript lost...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 28 TIFF images

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