Keywords: Omens in the Sun.jpg This manuscript of the mid-nineteenth century possibly of Sgau Karen origin the Karen are a minority people in the mountainous parts of Burma shows various appearances in the sun the moon clouds etc and indicates the primarily bad omens these appearances foretell Explanations in English were added to this manuscript by a nineteenth-century American missionary http //www loc gov/exhibits/world/heavens html The Library of Congress' website specifically http //www loc gov/exhibits/world/images/s96 jpg here Mid-1800s author PD-old Art of Asia Astrological manuscripts Fortune-telling |