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MSS Malay B 7
- Record Id:
- 032-002782548
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002782548
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023367122.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Malay B 7
- Title:
- Hikayat Bayan Budiman
- Scope & Content:
- Hikayat bayan budiman, 'The tale of the wise parrot', in Malay in Jawi script. Telling of the parrot (in reality a demigod) of Maimun, who tells Maimun's wife twenty-two stories during her husband's absence to keep her faithful. The colophon on f.110v, set in a decorative v-shape, gives the date of completion as 1 Rejab 1223 (23 August 1808).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Malay manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002782548", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Malay B 7: Hikayat Bayan Budiman" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002782548
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002782548
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 110 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Malay_B_7 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1808
- Date Range:
- 1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 220 x 170 mm.
110 ff; European and Chinese paper. 15 lines per page, black ink, some rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each folio.
Fly leaf of English paper, watermarked 'S Wise & Patch'; ff. 1-95 European laid paper with chain lines; ff. 96-110 probably Chinese paper.
Binding: Full woody brown leather binding.
- Source of Acquisition:
- John Leyden collection (285), 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.124.
- 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)