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MSS Malay A 2
- Record Id:
- 032-002782650
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002782650
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023377140.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Malay A 2
- Title:
- Syair Perahu
- Scope & Content:
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Syair perahu, in Malay in rencong (ka-ga-nga or incung) script. This is different from the poem of this title found in Doorenbos, 1933, pp.16-19, but the same text is found in SOAS MS 41394, and about one-quarter of it is in van Hasselt, 1881, pp.11-13. A synoptic romanized text of MSS Malay A 2 and SOAS MS 41394 is in MSS Eur C 214. MSS Malay A 2 seems roughly contemporary with SOAS MS 41394, which is from the Marsden collection.
The nature of a short text (3 pp.) found on the reverse at the other end of the strip of bark could not be ascertained. Perhaps it is an incantation. The intervening pp. on the reverse are blank.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002782650", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Malay A 2: Syair Perahu" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002782650
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002782650
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 36 folding leaves
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Malay_A_2 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Rejang
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 140 x 95 mm. 36 folding leaves of tree-bark. Between 8 and 11 lines per page, with dry-ruled guidelines, black ink. Two wooden covers.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquisition uncertain; the MS was already in the India Office Library when van der Tuuk visited it in 1848.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.123.
V.Y. Braginsky, 'Some remarks on the structure of the "Sya'ir Perahu" by Hamzah Fansuri', BKI, vol.131, no.4, pp.407-26.
Johan Doorenbos (ed.), De geschriften van Hamzah Pansoeri uitgegeven en toegelicht. Leiden, 1933.
A.L. van Hasselt, De talen en letterkunde van Midden-Sumatra. Vol. iii, pt. 2, of Midden Sumatra: Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, uitgerust door het Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 1877-1879. Leiden, 1881.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)