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Thailand.- Folding Horoscope, manuscript in Thai, on white khoi paper, 54 leaves, Cambodian (Kham) script, with a few sentences in Pali, text in black ink to recto and verso, some splits and small loss at folds, a few leaves partly detached, staining, fraying and worming, leaves folding concertina-style, each leaf 120 x 360mm., [Thailand], [19th century].*** An interesting example of a divination book for determining a horoscope, containing numerous Yantras (magic diagrams) and Mantras (magic formulas). Written in a fine hand, it is unusual for its use of Cambodian script to write a text in Thai.
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Thailand.- Folding Horoscope, manuscript in Thai, [Thailand], [19th century].
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