A handwrittenTibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. Untitled. A complex astrological text with diagrams, charts, tables and several pages with illustrations inc those of the twelve astrological /zodiacal animal year signs of the Tibetan cycle. Close ups of the animal drawings follow the text.
Extent: One book consisting of forty four folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 39cm x 26 cm, folding to 39 x 13.
Condition of original material: Paper sizes vary. Some inserted folios. A few folios photographed twice by accident. The precise country of origin is unknown. However it is almost certain that the original text was created in Tibet, though the specific material in question may have been copied locally in Spiti (India) at a later date.
