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MSS Malay B 6
- Record Id:
- 032-002782544
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002782544
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023367116.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Malay B 6
- Title:
- Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah
- Scope & Content:
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Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah, in Malay in Jawi script. MS 'E' in Brakel (1975).
According to the colophon on f.185r, the MS was completed on 29 Jumadilakhir 1220 (25 August 1805), in the year wau, by Muhammad Kasim.
Double decorated rectangular frames on ff.1v-2r contain lotus blossoms shown in profile, with meander scroll borders, and four-petalled flowers at each corner; in red, pink and reserved white. The colophon on f.158r is set within a simple and elegant curved v-shape beginning and ending in a floral flourish, in red ink outlined with black.
Copied by the same scribe as MSS Malay B 12, Hikayat Perang Pandawa Jaya, dated 1804.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002782544", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Malay B 6: Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002782544
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002782544
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 158 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Malay_B_6 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1805
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1805
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 200 x 140 mm. 158 ff; Chinese paper. 13 lines per page, black ink, with some rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each folio. Full woody brown leather binding.
- Source of Acquisition:
- John Leyden collection (176), , acquired by the India Office Library in 1824.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.123.
A.T.Gallop, 'Malay manuscript art: the British Library collection', The British Library Journal, 17 (2): 167-189, p.177.
- Exhibitions:
- Tales of the Malay World: Manuscripts and Early Books, National Library, Singapore, 17 August 2017 - 25 February 2018
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)