Extent of original: 1400 Ephemera. Medium of original: Ephemera printed on papers or silk cloths. The ephemera range from religious, social, cultural, to personal artifacts, but mostly political. There are mainly pamphlets and leaflets, with a good presence of posters, and few used-postcards. Th...
MPP Collection of Historical Manuscripts. [c 1800 AD]
Scope & Content:
Extent of original: 250 manuscripts. Medium of original: Written in traditional as well as modern paper of variable size. Description: The MPP collection of manuscripts includes the manuscripts written in various subjects like religion, hagiography, literature, law, medicine, natural history and ...
These are records on bewis(bewys). Bewis are certificates of ownership which were issued by chiefs to the animals' owners as a proof that they are the rightful owners of the animals. When acquiring or disposing of an animal the person had to apply for bewis from his chief. Even when a person was ...
Peti number one contains 11 Kropak holding 13 plam leaf manuscripts, which contain religious, belletristic and historical texts written in Old Sudanese.
Peti number two contains one Kropak holding six palm leaf manuscripts, which consist of religious texts written in Old Sudanese and Old Javanese, in Old Sudanese and Old (West) Javanese Quadratic script.
Peti number three contains four Kropak holding four palm leaf manuscripts which consist of religious, historical and belletristic texts written in Old Sudanese.