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MSS Malay B 8
- Record Id:
- 032-002782551
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002782551
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023367141.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Malay B 8
- Title:
- Hikayat Bayan Budiman
- Scope & Content:
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Hikayat bayan budiman, 'The tale of the wise parrot', in Malay in Jawi script. Containing only the first ten stories of those told in MSS Malay B 7, and with a different introduction. On f.1r a note states: Cetera daripada raja Terengganu Taifah namanya.
The colophon on f.68v gives the date of copying as 6 Rejab 1223 (28 August 1808), Saturday, and the date of the original story as 18 Syaaban 1008 (4 March 1600), in the year wau, on Sunday.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002782551", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Malay B 8: Hikayat Bayan Budiman" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002782551
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002782551
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 68 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Malay_B_8 (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 150 mm. 68 ff; European paper. 11 lines per page, black ink, with some rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each page. Full woody brown leather binding.
- Source of Acquisition:
- John Leyden collection (327), 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.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)