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MSS Jav 74
- Record Id:
- 032-003433154
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003433154
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100070220018.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Jav 74
- Title:
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Sĕrat Anbiya.
- Scope & Content:
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Sĕrat Anbiya.
Begins on f. 4v with mention of the owner: Hādhā (Arabic, ‘this is') surat Anbiya kagungan-dalĕm Kangjeng Ratu [written ĕratu] Agĕng [the great-grandmother of Dipanĕgara?]. Ending with the story of Muhammad Hanafiah.
In Javanese in Arabic script (pegon). In verse.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Javanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003433154", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Jav 74: Sĕrat Anbiya." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003433154
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003433154
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 574 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Jav_74 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Javanese
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 320 x 205 mm.
574 folios. 19 lines per page, black ink. Decorative floral verse markers in black ink.
Dutch paper, watermarks 'J HONIG & ZOONEN'. Initial and end flyleaves are of Javanese paper (dluwang). Evidence of a mistar between f. 3 and f. 4.
Binding: rebound in the British Library in ca. 1993 in a full brown leather binding, with stamped frames and ornaments in emulation of the Javanese style.
The original Javanese brown leather covers, with stamped frames and ornaments, are now detached, and are stored in the box alongside the manuscript.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Mackenzie collection (A-3), 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.
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.32. Unpublished handlist. British Library, MSS Eur Photo Eur 107
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)