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MSS Malay D 3
- Record Id:
- 032-002878806
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002878806
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023699349.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Malay D 3
- Title:
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Hikayat Parang Puting
- Scope & Content:
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Hikayat Parang Puting, in Malay in Jawi script, also called Hikayat Budak Miskin bergelar Raja Mambang Dewa Keinderaan. Copied for T.S. Raffles by Ibrahim (in Penang), on 29 Syawal 1220 (20 January 1806).
Decorated 'title page' on f.1r, with an outline of the contents, set within rectangular borders filled with floral and foliate motifs in black ink and red/brown pigment: Inilah cetera orang dahulu kala diceterakan oleh orang yang empunya cetera hikayat Parang Puting anak dewa laksana dewa dari kayangan terlalu indah perkataan maka ia berperang dengan naga di dalam laut dengan sabab tuan puteri hendak diambil naga itu inilah ceteranya.
Concerning the adventures of Budak Miskin, son of the princess of Langkam Jaya. According to van der Tuuk, this MS is similar in content to SOAS MS 12260, and may have been written by the same copyist.
Colophon on f.63v: Tamat pada sanat 1220 tahun2 wau pada sembilan likur hari bulan Syawal pada hari Selasa ditamatkan surat hikayat Parang Puting Tuan Mister Raffles empunya surat ini wa-katibuhu Ibrahim.
According to van der Tuuk, this MS is similar in content to SOAS MS 12260, which was copied by s.r.b.r.a.j.n.y.t.r on 19 Ramadan 1220 (11 December 1805) in Penang, and belonged to Tuan Kecik ... ini Tuan Kapitan Ascot (i.e. Scott).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002878806", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Malay D 3: Hikayat Parang Puting" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002878806
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002878806
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 63 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Malay_D_3 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1806
- End Date:
- 1806
- Date Range:
- 1806
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 300 x 185 mm. 63 ff; European paper. 23 lines per page, black ink, some rubrication; catchwords on the verso of each folio. Neat Kedah hand. Full woody brown leather binding.
- Custodial History:
- Old number: IO 2877
- Source of Acquisition:
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John Leyden collection (228), 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.126.
H. Neubronner van der Tuuk. 1849. Kort verslag van de Maleische handschriften in het East-India House te London. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 1: 385-400; summarised on p. 393.
A.T.Gallop, 'Malay manuscript art: the British Library collection', The British Library Journal, 17 (2): 167-189, pp. 179.
- 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)