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Add MS 19383
- Record Id:
- 032-002096022
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002096022
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000041.0x000136
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 19383
- Title:
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Pustaha
- Scope & Content:
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Pustaha. Nicely written Mandailing Batak script, with the old form of na. Beginning missing. The text begins in an incantation called mintora ni parmiahan. The final lines are written in red ink.
The reverse is blank except for a note in another hand, iya poda ni ma mangandung boru ni situlison ni bayo Datu Na Godang ni aji na padagedage laklak ni sinahiton na matumona marmangsi on, announcing in florid language the intention to write something. After this there are a few doodled lines in Jawi script.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002096022", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 19383: Pustaha" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002096022
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002096022
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Batak
- Scripts:
- Arabic
Batak - Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Sumatra
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 215 x 115 mm.
Treebark, 22 leaves, some damaged, with old paper repairs.
12 lines of text, black ink, and red ink.
Binding: two modern brown leather covers, probably added in the British Museum
- Custodial History:
- MSS Add. 19378-85 were purchased from Dr. E. G. Latham, 1853. Latham had received them from Baron Oscar von Kessel, who had travelled in the Batak country from Tobing via Sipirok to Sigompulon in 1844 (see von Kessel, 1856).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Dr. E. G. Latham, 1853.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 10.
O. von Kessel, ‘Reis in de nog onafhankelijke Batak-landen van Klein-Toba, op Sumatra, in 1844 (vertaald uit ‘Dau Ausland’). BKI, vol. 4, pp. 55-97.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)