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1. EAP450/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/1/1
Title:
Compendium of religious texts [mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: A collection of various texts. Many seem to be theological in nature. The manuscript is written by several hands. Has signature of Baba Deen Singalaxana. Further research needed to determine exact content. Extent and format of original material: 404 page-long manuscript. Physical cha...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Malay
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
complete manuscript. 404 TIFF images

2. EAP450/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/1/2
Title:
Compendium of religious texts [mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: Contains a variety of texts. Many seem to be theological in nature. Also included are two pages written in Javanese, the first evidence that the language was still known or at least copied in the 19th century.Some illustrations, different textures of paper and handwriting – may have ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
complete manuscript. 272 TIFF images

3. EAP450/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/2/1
Title:
Tales of the Prophets and misc [19th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: Includes the biographies of many of the prophets of Islam (for example: Adam, Yusuf, Daud, Sulaiman, Idris, Yakub, Nuh, Isa, Ibrahim, Muhammad), very popular across the Malay world. These are listed in a table of contents. Towards the end of the manuscript there are additional texts,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Malay
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1332 TIFF images

4. EAP450/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/3/1
Title:
Primer for beginning readers [late 19th century-early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: A book for young children to learn the Arabic script. Includes examples and illustrations. Extent and format of original material: 45 page long printed booklet. Physical characteristics of original material: 21x14.5x0.5New plastic cover added to the book. Attempts have been made to r...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Malay
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
45 TIFF images

5. EAP450/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP450/4/1
Title:
Malay poems (pantong) [late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
Description: There are 2 typed Malay pantuns. They are in the Roman script. The same songs are written in the Sinhala script in 2 pages and in Roman script in another page. The collection seems to be recent. The 2 typed pantuns in Roman scripts are perhaps old. But the others versions are re-writ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Malay and Sinhalese
Date Range:
12 Feb 2012
Extent:
6 TIFF images

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