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Egerton MS 765
- Record Id:
- 032-001983823
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001983823
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000053.0x00037a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 765
- Title:
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Letter in Balinese, on a sheet of gold
- Scope & Content:
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Letter in Balinese, with some Javanese influence, from Kanjeng Kyai Angrurah Jambe of Badung and Kyai Angrurah Agung of Mengwi to Johannes Vos, Dutch Governor of Semarang, on the north coast of Java, written in 1768.
The princes affirm their everlasting friendship with the Dutch, an agree not to allow enemies of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to pass through their territory without an official pass from the Company.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001983823", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 765: Letter in Balinese, on a sheet of gold" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001983823
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001983823
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
1 f.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_765 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Balinese
- Scripts:
- Balinese
- Start Date:
- 1768
- End Date:
- 1768
- Date Range:
- 1768
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 55 x 240 mm. 1 f. of gold, inscribed on both sides; 6 lines of script on the recto, and 5 lines on the verso.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from J. Sams, 1839
- Publications:
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J. Kats, Een Balische brief van 1768 aan den Gouveneur van Java’s Noordkust. Festbundel uitgegeven door het Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen bij gelegenheid van zijn 150 jarig bestaan, 1778-1928. Vol. I, pp. 291-6. Weltevreden, 1929.
M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.3.
Helen Ibbitson Jessup, Court arts of Indonesia. New York: The Asia Society, 1990; pp. 30-31, 236-7.
Annabel Teh Gallop with Bernard Arps, Golden letters: writing traditions of Indonesia. Surat emas: budaya tulis di Indonesia. London: British Library; Jakarta: Yayasan Lontar, 1991; p. 104.
- Exhibitions:
- Court arts of Indonesia, Asia Society, New York, 1990
Gold, British Library, London, 20 May 2022 - 2 October 2022
Golden Letters: Writing Traditions of Indonesia, National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta, September 1991 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)