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MSS Jav 72
- Record Id:
- 032-003411173
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003411173
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059366777.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Jav 72
- Title:
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Menak Amir Hamza
- Scope & Content:
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Menak Amir Hamza.
Dated Dal, A.J. 1735 [A.D. 1808], in Yogyakarta, baituhu (Arabic, ‘his house was in‛) Pĕgambiran. Copyist (kang anurat) Ki Ngabdul Zahid.
Correctly described on a torn English note pasted on the inside back cover as ‘Soorat A ... a or account of Ameer Hamza'. The name Dawud in a note on f. 2v is a misreading of the Prophet's title Aji Kangjĕng Nahi Dutaningrat.
In Javanese in Arabic script (pegon). In verse; 104 cantos.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Javanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003411173", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Jav 72: Menak Amir Hamza" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003411173
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003411173
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 404 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Jav_72 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Javanese
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1808
- Date Range:
- 1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 320 x 200 mm. 404 folios. 13 lines per page, black ink, set within text frames of three ruled black lines. Double frames on ff. 4v-5r, with ruled lines in black ink. Decorative floral verse markers of balagh, in red and black ink.
Dutch paper, watermarks 'M SCHOUTEN & COMP' (cf. KS 55.0, [Serat Klempakan], Surakarta, ca. 1800; Florida 1993: 80). Initial flyleaves (ff. 1-3) of Javanese paper (dluwang). Evidence of a mistar between f. 3 and f. 4.
Binding: rebound in the British Library in 1993 in a full brown leather binding, with stamped frames and ornaments in emulation of the Javanese style.
One original Javanese brown leather cover, with stamped frames and ornaments, and with separated inner cardboard support, is now detached, and is stored in the box alongside the manuscript.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Mackenzie Collection (A-1), 1823
- Information About Copies:
- Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 69.
Nancy K. Florida, Javanese literature in Surakarta manuscripts. Volume 1. Introduction and manuscripts of the Karaton Surakata. Ithaca: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University; 1993.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)