Fortune-Telling Manual (Phrommachat)
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Object Information
Description
- Object no:
- Thi 1302
- Title:
- Fortune-Telling Manual (Phrommachat)
- Artist and production place:
- Unknown
Thailand
- Production date:
- c. 1845
- Dimensions:
- 120 mm x 157 mm x 34 mm (height x width x depth)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material)
- Language:
- Thai (language)
- Collection:
- Thai collection
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Object name:
- Folded Book
- Description:
- Thai folding book (samut khoi) containing a fortune-telling manual (Phrommachat), the text illustrated with the twelve animals of the Thai zodiac and their associated attributes, avatars and plants, with ink and colours on paper, dating to c. 1845. Side 1 is comprised of openings 1-36 while side 2 contains openings 37-72. The manuscript is accompanied by a handwritten French translation dated 1847, possibly by Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, the vicar apostolic of eastern Siam and a close confidant of King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Siam.
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