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Or 16482
- Record Id:
- 032-001608374
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608374
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00016a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189205164.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16482
- Title:
- Tamra Sastra ตำราศาสตรา
- Scope & Content:
-
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 text is in southern Thai dialect. ตำราศาสตรา ตำราที่ชาวไทยใต้ใช้เสี่ยงทายดูโชคชะตา.
Illustrations: Over 60 coloured illustrations depicting scenes from the last ten Jatakas, the Life of the Buddha, Ramakien, Manora, Phra Lor and other popular tales.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Central Thai Manuscripts Digitization
Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001608374", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16482: Tamra Sastra ตำราศาสตรา" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608374
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001608374
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 63 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16482 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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: 180 mm x 122 mm
Script: 7 lines per side, 15.5 cm long. Thai script
Binding: Red paper covers
- Former Internal References:
- I.O. Siamese 18
IOL MSS Siamese 18 - Source of Acquisition:
- India Office Library.
- Publications:
-
Henry Ginsburg, 'Thai art and culture. Historic manuscripts in Western collections' (London: British Library, 2000) p. 124
San San May and Jana Igunma. Buddhism illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia (London: British Library, 2018) p. 159
- Exhibitions:
- Thai Manuscripts, Thailand Cultural Centre, Bangkok, 31 October 1996 - 29 November 1996
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)