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MSS Jav 8
- Record Id:
- 032-003411639
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003411639
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059863682.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Jav 8
- Title:
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Sandi Sastra
- Scope & Content:
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Sandi Sastra, Sandi Sutra, Dasa Nama, etc.
On f. 17r (RV p. 33) the Sandi Sutra dated netra gatra kar asa jalmi [A.J. 1692/A.D. 1766]. On p. 79 dates for the births of Mas Bagus Sĕmar and Mas Bagus Togog in A.J. 1693 and 1695 [A.D. 1767 and 1769]; on f. 137r (RV p. 273) ringkĕl ing wuku with a table, on ff. 138v-142v (RV pp. 275-84) a babad sangkala extending from Majapahit to A.J. 1636 [A.D. 1712]. Thereafter texts on divination. ethics, etc., including Kidung rumĕksa ing wĕngi (beginning on p. 284).
Ff. 89-135 (RV pp. 175-270) ripped out [at least before Weatherbee saw this in 1970-71].
Rough notes at the front of the MS in pencil, 'Col Wij. .l .n', suggest it is from Yogyakarta. On p. 57 owner given as Mas Cakrawijaya.
In Javanese language and script.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Javanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003411639", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Jav 8: Sandi Sastra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003411639
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003411639
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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159 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Jav_8 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Javanese
- Scripts:
- Javanese
- Start Date:
- 1766
- End Date:
- 1766
- Date Range:
- 1766
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 255 x 200 mm.
European paper. 15 lines per page; black ink.
159 ff., but ff. 89-135 ripped out, probably in the 19th century, as reflected in the foliation on the verso of each folio.
Binding: half brown leather binding with marbled paper boards. Endpapers watermarked '1811'.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Mackenzie Collection (B-38), 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. 58.
Donald Weatherbee, ‘An inventory of the Javanese paper manuscripts in the Mackenzie Collection, India Office Library, London, with a note on some additional Raffles MSS’, [1973], p.22. Unpublished handlist. British Library, MSS Eur Photo Eur 107
- Exhibitions:
- Shadow Puppet Theatre from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, British Museum, London, 8 September 2016 - 29 January 2017
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)