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Or 16875
- Record Id:
- 032-002890460
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002890460
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023844678.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16875
- Title:
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Prayers and mystical drawings
- Scope & Content:
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Prayers and mystical drawings including the mohor nubuwat, for invulnerability. In Malay in Jawi script, 19th c.
At the top of the scroll is a foliate ornament in black ink, and a diagonal panel containing the repeated shahadah.
Text begins: Bab ini pakaian rasul Allah s.a.w. (followed by repeated letters). Continues: ini cetera daripada badina rasul Allah s.a.w. barang siapa menaruh dia atau memakai dia niscaya dipeliharakan Allah subhanahu wa-ta'ala daripada senjata orang.
Contains magical symbols such as the pentagram and the sign of Fatima.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002890460", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16875: Prayers and mystical drawings" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002890460
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002890460
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 scroll; 1 folio
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_16875 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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1 scroll, consisting of 5 pieces of paper glued together, ca. 2850 x 80 mm. Brownish wove paper; no watermarks. Black ink with purple rubrication, decorative foliate ornament at the top of the scroll. Some water damage.
- Custodial History:
- This MS was sent to Dr Russell Jones by Dr Jan Knappert in Holland, in 1995; it had been given to Knappert by Dr Peter Joosting from Voorburg, a colleague from Leiden University, from the collection of his father who had been an Orientalist and collector of Orientalia.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquired from Russell Jones in 2013.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs, P. Voorhoeve & A.T.Gallop, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain. New Edition with Addenda et Corrigenda. (Jakarta: EFEO, 2014), p.307.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)