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What ancient manuscript describes the Siamese cat?

The Siamese cat is described in the Tamra Maew, or "Cat Book Poems," a collection of manuscripts from Thailand that may date back several centuries.

Almost none of Shakespeare's original handwritten manuscripts survive.

Mark Twain was among the first authors to submit a typewritten manuscript to a publisher.

In 1922, a suitcase with Hemingway's early manuscripts was stolen from his wife Hadley at a Paris train station.

Tolstoy's wife, Sophia, copied the "War and Peace" manuscript by hand several times.

Stephen King threw out the manuscript of "Carrie," but his wife Tabitha pulled it from the trash and encouraged him to finish it.

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a medieval prayer book written over lost works by Archimedes, and it sold for $2 million in 1998.