Recto: abridged piyyuṭim, separated by horizontal lines, and with acrostics: 4 spelling Judah, 2 Isaac and 1 Abraham. Verso: a medical prescription in Arabic, with a Hebrew liturgical text in the margin.
Bamum manuscript collection of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun (APRB) in the Royal Palace of Bamum Kings in Foumban, Cameroon [c1896-1975]
Scope & Content:
This fonds consists of digital surrogates of the Bamum manuscript collections of the Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun. The three divisions within the Archives - Modern Archives, Reserve Archives and Museum Collection - are represented here, consisting of correspondence, journals, official palac...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic, Bamun, Duala, English, French, and German
Date Range:
c 1896-1975
Extent:
3 sub-fonds containing 2,714 files, consisting of 13,511 TIFF images
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 22cm x 16.8cm; Dates ca. 1975; Script: Arabic script in blue ink (ball point pen) with slight Akauku Mfemfe script in red ink; Condition: Good; Comments: Written on paper from a school exercise book
Transliteration of the Surate Darik (Qu’ranic recitiation) in the Akauku Mfemfe script
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 14.2cm x 12cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe (transcribing the Arabic language); Condition: Good; Comments: This is a transliteration, not a translation, meaning that the spoken language is entirely Arabic
Envelope for RENGU, brought to RENGU by MFONTEN; the original envelope is written in Arabic script and NJI MAMA has added a transliteration in Akauku Mfemfe
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 1; Measurements: 12cm x 8.5cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic; Condition: Good; Comments:
Instructions on various medicinal remedies for removing poison from the body, enabling female pregnancy, and to placate an unruly woman; on one side is the “Tarik” from the Qur'an in Arabic scri [09 Nov 1945]
Scope & Content:
Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 22.2cm x 14cm; Dates 9 November 1945; Script: Akauku Mfemfe and Arabic script (transcribing Arabic); Condition: Good; Comments:
Arabic script “Arcana” with its instructions in Bamum script for reducing painful ovulations suffered by young women along; also a remedy to protect against stomach worms through scarification
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Leaves: 1; Pages: 2; Measurements: 18cm x 10cm; Dates Unknown; Script: Akauku Mfemfe in pencil and Arabic script in black pen; Condition: Good; Comments: