Chapters 13201, 13202 and 13203 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere. Some folios missing.
Works in Javanese by Kyai Haji Ahmad Rifa‘i of Kalisalak
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Works by Kyai Haji Ahmad Rifa‘i of Kalisalak (1786-1876). Ahmad Rifa‘i established his pĕsantren at Kalisalak after spending 1833-41 in Mecca, and was exiled by the Dutch colonial regime to Ambon in 1859, where he died. A: ff. 1r.-48r. Nazham tazkiyyah, by Haji Ahmad al-Rifa‘i ibn Muhammad Ma...
A collection of legal texts. On the title page identified as Nawala Pradata-dalĕm, referring to the first text in the volume. A: ff. 1r.-3r. A printed text beginning, Pengĕt, nawalaningsun Kangjĕng Susuhunan Pakubuwana … ingsun gadhuhakĕn marang kawulaningsun si Angabehi Amongpraja. A legal te...
Islamic texts in Arabic with interlinear Javanese translations
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Islamic religious texts in Arabic with interlinear Javanese translations and marginal notations. A: f. 1r. incomplete verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah: 163 and 255 (ayat Kursi), commonly read during dhikr and for other purposes, including tahlil. B and C: ff. 1v.-17r. Umm al-barāhin by Abū ‘Abd All...
Islamic texts in Arabic with interlinear Javanese translations
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Islamic religious texts in Arabic with interlinear Javanese translations and marginal notations. A: ff. 1v.-2r. and f.51v. appear to belong together. The present a chart dealing with three types of hukm (law) in Javanese, namely (1) syarak lima, (2) [not seen here, but implicitly hukum akal] an...
Unidentified Arabic text with interlinear Javanese translation
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Unidentified Arabic text with interlinear Javanese translation in pegon script. In the opening quotes Shamsuddin Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Kasim al-Shafi‘i. In Javanese and Arabic language, in Arabic (pegon) script.
Handbook of Magic (P. Lond. I. 46, PGM V, TM 64368)
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ff. 1r-1v: Oracle of Sarapis f. 1v: Direct vision (Clairvoyance) Spell ff. 1v-2r: [Spell to Catch a Thief] ff. 2r-3r: Stele of Ieu the Hieroglyphists ff. 3-3v: Another Way to Catch a Thief ff. 3v-7v: Hermes's Ring
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
7 pages of a papyrus codex, writing on both sides; written in one column containing an average of 37 lines on a page. Housed in seven glass frames.