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Add MS 19385
- Record Id:
- 032-002096024
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002096024
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000041.0x000138
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 19385
- Title:
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Pustaha
- Scope & Content:
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Pustaha, but not on the usual treebark. The material is similar to coarse paper but has no joints; it is probably beaten treebark. Beginning and end of the original texts are missing. Clear script of the normal Toba Batak type, on side a rambu siporhas with drawings; on side b divination according to the days.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002096024", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 19385: Pustaha" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002096024
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002096024
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Batak
- Scripts:
- 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: 170 x 100 mm.
28 leaves.
- 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)