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Or 4830
- Record Id:
- 032-001608331
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608331
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00013f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189171128.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4830
- Title:
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พรหมชาติ Phrommachat horoscope manual
- 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". Used as a manual for fortune telling and divination.
Illustrations: Coloured paintings and ink drawings
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001608331", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 4830: พรหมชาติ Phrommachat horoscope manual" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608331
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001608331
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 78 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_4830 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Thai
- Scripts:
- Thai
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 360 mm x 120 mm
Script: 5 lines per page, 32 cm long parallel to the folds and some leaves have 23 lines, 11 cm long at right angles to the folds. Thai script
- Custodial History:
- Bought of W. Terry, 16 Oct. 1894
- Source of Acquisition:
- British Museum, 1973.
- Publications:
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Igunma, Jana: When an angel meets a demon - Advice on love and relationships in a Thai divination manual. London: British Library, 2014, http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2014/01/when-an-angel-meets-a-demon.html
San San May and Jana Igunma. Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia (London: British Library, 2018) p. 158
- Exhibitions:
- A History of Magic, (online), 31 July 2017-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)