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41. Add MS 12338

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Title:
Pawukon
Scope & Content:
'A Pawukon, or Treatise on Judicial Astrology, in Javanese. A miscellaneous collection of items on dating, sengkalas, etc., part in verse, part in prose. Between ff. 79r and 135r are depicted 29 coloured figures of the gods and goddesses associated with the wukus, such as Yang Kuwera, Yang Bra...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
1807
Extent:

1 volume; 140 folios

42. Add MS 12339

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Title:
Sĕrat Jaya Lĕngkara
Scope & Content:
Sĕrat Jaya Lĕngkara. Dated murti nĕmbah syara jalma [A.J. 1720/A.D. 1793]. Incomplete at end. It seems that this is the same as Add. 12332 after the opening formalities, although a quick examination revealed many copyist's errors. Both MSS were probably taken from some third MS, for although th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
1793
Extent:
1 item; 142 folios

43. Add MS 12340

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Title:
Facsimile of a Kawi inscription
Scope & Content:
‘Fac-simile, in pencil, of an ancient manuscript in the Kawi character, found at Tagala, in the province of Cheribon [Cirĕbon].’ Crawfurd, 1820, vol. ii‚ pp. 216-17 says, ‘from the figures, signs of the zodiac, and other characters painted upon it, it is conjectured to be a treatise on astrolo...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Javanese, and Old Javanese
Date Range:
1814
Extent:
1 item

44. Add MS 12341

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Title:
Yogyakarta court records
Scope & Content:
Records from the kraton of Yogyakarta apparently taken from the court at the deposition of Hamengkubuwana II in 1812. A collection of original letters, documents, grants of land, etc., written in Javanese language and script, ranging in date from AJ 1713 to 1739 (AD 1786 to 1812). F.89r contai...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, Dutch, and Javanese
Date Range:
1786-1812
Extent:
1 volume; 319 folios

45. Add MS 12342

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Title:
Yogyakarta court records
Scope & Content:
Records from the kraton of Yogyakarta, apparently taken from the court at the deposition of Hamengkubuwana II in 1812. A collection of original letters, documents, grants of land, etc., written in Javanese language and script, dating from AJ 1698 to 1738 (AD 1772 to 1811). Includes lists of dus...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
1772-1811
Extent:

1 volume; 284 folios

46. Add MS 12344

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Title:
A dictionary of the Javanese language
Scope & Content:
‘A dictionary of the Javanese language, compiled by the learned natives of Java for J. Crawfurd, Esq., during his official residence in Java'. Javanese-Javanese dictionary, in Javanese script, containing approximately 10,000 items (Ricklefs, 1969, p. 255, is an underestimate), with a supplemen...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item; 157 folios

47. Add MS 12345

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Title:
Sĕrat Panji Murdaningkung
Scope & Content:
Sĕrat Panji Murdaningkung. Beginning dated rasawiyat pandita wani [A.J. 1706/A.D. 1780]; end dated Alip angrasa lĕngit panditaning bumi [A.J. 1706; probably an error for A.J. 1707/A.D. 1780]. In Javanese language and script. In verse; 13 cantos. NB the manuscript has been foliated, and boun...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
between 1809-1815
Extent:
1 item; 89 folios

48. Add MS 14397

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Title:
Yogyakarta court records
Scope & Content:
A collection of original letters, grants of land, etc., together with copies of two pieces in verse, written in Javanese in Javanese script, dating from AJ 1725 to 1739 (AD 1798-1812). A note by John Crawfurd (f. 1r) says: 'I send the Javanese MSS which I promised, one of them is a good piece ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
1798-1812
Extent:

1 volume; 81 folios

49. Add MS 14851

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Title:
Anbiya
Scope & Content:
Anbiya. 'History of all the prophets from the Creation including the history of the island of Java’. The beginning has a date, but the year is omitted. Begins with Allah Tangala. Approximately the first 200 ff. concern the angels, Nabi Yusup, the Prophet Muhammad, etc. Thereafter the story move...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
1818
Extent:
1 item; 308 folios

50. Add MS 18397

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Title:
Layang Wiwaha
Scope & Content:
Layang Wiwaha. Old Javanese text with Modern Javanese interpretation. In Javanese and Old Javanese language and Javanese script. In verse; 6 cantos.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Javanese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item; 38 folios