Usada, medical texts in Balinese. A: ff. 1-19. Numbered in Balinese 2-20. The first leaf is missing and ff. 1-3 are badly damaged. B: ff. 20-62. Numbered in Balinese 1-43. Includes illustrations on ff. 53r-v, 54r-v, 55r-v, 56r-v, 57v, 61r. This MS identified by R.Rubinstein, 2012.
Scenes from Ādiparwa. Each leaf consists of illustrations of two scenes on one side, most of which include Garuda, and one-line captions on the reverse captions in Balinese (not Literary Balinese or Old Javanese). ‘The handwriting is not elegant; some letters are not well written and, ther...
Raden (Ardi) Kusuma romance A MS perhaps from Madura. Complete. The first folio containing the basmalah enclosed within foliate scrolls. This MS identified by Edwin Wieringa (14 March 2011) who noted, ‘Scanning the leaves for key terms, I detected the words Mĕsir, Ngĕrum, and Kusuma, so perh...
‘Historical’ prose text, from Bali. Comment by S. Supomo, 27 October 2013: “I can only say that the MS is probably a kind of Old Javanese ‘historical’ prose – like the Pararaton. This is apparent from some proper names which occur in the text, e.g.: [ha]yam Uruk, sryaji Wĕngker, patih Madhu, ...
Album of the type known in Japanese as Kirechō 裂帖 containing 472 pieces of textiles (mainly Japanese but with a few Chinese examples) arranged on 77 leaves. Album has worn brocade covers and brass corner pieces. No text and no indication of former owners but probably assembled by a collector in ...
Gokaikō Yokohama gaikokujin jūtaku no zu 御開港横濱外国人住宅ノ圖
Scope & Content:
Topographical view of the foreign settlement in Yokohama following the opening of the treaty ports in 1859, showing individual plots occupied by named British, American Dutch and Portuguese businesses and households. Undated but between 1861 when the cathedral was built and 1866 when the origi...