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Or 15423
- Record Id:
- 032-002754854
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002754854
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022939872.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 15423
- Title:
- Divination manual [พรหมชาติ]
- Scope & Content:
-
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 horoscope charts and the method of the "entwined Naga". Used as a manual for fortune telling and divination, in Thailand known as Phrommachat.
Illustrations: Illustrations in water colour and ink
Fols. 1-19: Animals of the zodiac with explanations and illustrations of lucky and unlucky omens
Fol. 20: Entwined nagas
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:
- Thai, Lao, Cambodian Collections
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002754854", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 15423: Divination manual [พรหมชาติ]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002754854
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002754854
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 31 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Old Mon
- Scripts:
- Burmese
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1800-1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Paper folding book (samut khoi)
Dimensions: 390 mm x 125 mm
Script: Mon script in pencil
Binding: Brown lacquered covers
- Source of Acquisition:
- Bought from UK collector in March 1998.
- Publications:
- H. G. Quaritch Wales, ''Divination in Thailand. The hopes and fears of a Southeast Asian people'' (London, Dublin: Curzon, 1983) pp. 63-70
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)