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Or 3593
- Record Id:
- 032-001608329
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608329
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00013d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 3593
- Title:
- พรหมชาติ Phrommachat
- Scope & Content:
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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 combinations of couples and how to use the match making method of the "entwined Naga". Explanation of the method of calculating the right directions for building a new house using the "rotating Naga", explanation of lucky and unlucky shpaes of land plots. Used as a manual for fortune telling and divination.
Colophon on fol. 1 mentions that the manuscript was commissioned by "Nai French" (Mr French).
Illustrations: Illustrations in water colour and ink
Fols. 2-25: animals of the zodiac with explanations and illustrations of lucky and unlucky omens
Fol. 26: lucky and unlucky omens
Fols. 29-32: lucky and unlucky combinations of couples
Fol. 33: entwined Nagas
Fol. 40: elephant
Fol. 48: ox
Fol. 49: ox and human
Fol. 50: human, lucky and unlucky shapes of land plots
Fol. 51: rotating Naga
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001608329", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 3593: พรหมชาติ Phrommachat" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608329
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001608329
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 58 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_3593 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Thai
- Scripts:
- Thai
- Start Date:
- 1885
- End Date:
- 1885
- Date Range:
- 1885
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 340 mm x 110 mm
Script: Side(A) has 25 lines per side, 8-10 cm long. Side(B) has 5-7 lines per side, 28-30 cm long, parallel to the folds. Thai script
- Custodial History:
- "Pres. by Ernest M. Satow Esq. Bes. & Min. at Bancock [Bangkok] 25 July 1888". E. H. French, who commissioned the manuscript, was the British consul in Bangkok in the 1880s and 1890s and confidant of Prince Dewawongse, Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs. Sir Ernest Satow was the British Minister in Thailand (Siam).
- Source of Acquisition:
- From British Museum, 1973.
- Publications:
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H. G. Quaritch Wales, 'Divination in Thailand. The hopes and fears of a Southeast Asian people' (London, Dublin: Curzon, 1983) pp. 63-70
Henry Ginsburg, 'Thai art and culture. Historic manuscripts from Western collections' (London: British Library, 2000) p. 129
- Exhibitions:
- Thai Manuscripts, Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok, 31 October 1996 - 29 November 1996
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)