Reviews
Divination au Royaume de Siam: Le corps, la guerre, le destin translated from
Siamese and introduced by Pattaratorn Chirapravati, translated into French by
Nicolas Revire (Paris: Collection Sources, Presses Universitaires de France; Geneva:...
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Divination au Royaume de Siam: Le corps, la guerre, le destin translated from
Siamese and introduced by Pattaratorn Chirapravati, translated into French by
Nicolas Revire (Paris: Collection Sources, Presses Universitaires de France; Geneva:
Fondation Martin Bodmer). ISBN 978-2-13-058854-2
This publication is not a book but a box. Inside the box is a book of 108 pages,
and a mock-up of a samut thai accordion book with 78 folds, each fold measuring 36
x 12 cms, mostly printed on both sides, with end-covers printed to resemble wood.
The book contains an introduction by ML Pattaratorn Chirapravati and a French
translation of the text.
The manuscript has three parts: a tract on prediction from a warfare manual,
occupying 51 folds; a manual of therapeutic massage, occupying 14 folds; and a
manual of divination, occupying 58 folds. Finding three different categories of
text in one manuscript is unusual, and Pattaratorn argues convincingly that it was
probably compiled at the request o
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