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This manuscript is a defense of palmistry (the telling of fortunes based on lines and patterns in the palm) by Awetis Varzhapet (Master) Perperian of Constantinople and copied in 1894 in Constantinople. Perperian explains on his title page that he has culled and translated the work from Greek sources.
This manuscript is a defense of palmistry (the telling of fortunes based on lines and patterns in the palm) by Awetis Varzhapet (Master) Perperian of Constantinople and copied in 1894 in Constantinople. Perperian explains on his title page that he has culled and translated the work from Greek sources.