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MSS Malay B 12
- Record Id:
- 032-002782640
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002782640
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023376900.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Malay B 12
- Title:
- Hikayat Perang Pandawa Jaya
- Scope & Content:
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Hikayat Perang Pandawa Jaya, in Malay in Jawi script. Colophon on f.117r gives the date of copying as 22 Syaaban 1219 (26 November 1804), in the year ba, on Monday, and the name of the scribe as Muhammad Kasim.
Double decorated frames in red, pink, black ink and reserved white are found on ff.1v-2r enclosing the opening lines of text; simple black ink tapered outlines enclose the colophon on f.117r.
Copied by the same scribe as MSS Malay B 6, Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah, dated 1805.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002782640", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Malay B 12: Hikayat Perang Pandawa Jaya" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002782640
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002782640
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 119 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Malay_B_12 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1804
- End Date:
- 1804
- Date Range:
- 1804
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 205 x 145 mm.
119 ff; Chinese paper, with evident brushstrokes. 13 lines per page, black ink, with some rubrication.
Binding: Original binding with an outer cover of Indian(?) cotton printed with a pattern of carnations, stitched around an inner binding of plaited palm.
NB The binding is now detached from the manuscript and is stored separately as MSS Malay B.12*, and for reasons of fragility is not made available to readers.
- Source of Acquisition:
- John Leyden collection (199), 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), pp.124-5.
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)