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Or 16997
- Record Id:
- 032-003473745
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003473745
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100094382095.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16997
- Title:
- Pustaha
- Scope & Content:
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Pustaha
Folding tree-bark book, on tawar, magical preparation to neutralise poison and general attacks of your enemy, in Batak language in Toba script, with Northern Ta, Northern Wa. Identification by U. Kozok, 1.3.2019
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Batak manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003473745", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16997: Pustaha" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003473745
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003473745
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 23 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Batak
- Scripts:
- Batak
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th-19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Indonesia
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 112 x 120 mm
23 folios; folded tree-bark; BL foliation in pencil [A] 1-23; [B] 1-22; written on both sides, A and B; 15 lines per page; black ink.
This MS is made up of two sections of 17 ff. [numbered [A].1-17] and 6 ff. [numbered [A].18-23], which are joined together with two threads. However, the orientation of script changes between the two parts, which may indicate that the two parts of the manuscript have been sewn together the wrong way round, or that there is a break in the text, or that two different texts have been sewn together. Therefore the second part has been foliated in the correct script orientation, from the 'end' of the second part, i.e. f. [A].18 is the 'last' page and f. [A].23 is the page sewn on to f. [A].17. The reverse side, [B], has also been foliated in correct script orientation, i.e. ff. [B].1-6, before continuing with ff. [B].7-22.
2 wooden covers; one is affixed to f. [A].1, and the other, with two string holes, is completely loose and slightly bigger.
Condition: pages very stained; probably missing end.
- Custodial History:
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Or 16995-16999 were purchased by B. Corrigan as lot 392 in a Fonsie Mealy auction on 20 Nov 2018 of the contents of Milford House, Carlow, Ireland. The house had been in the Alexander family since ca. 1800, and Major John Alexander III (1850-1944) is known to have been in Africa and Tibet.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Brian Corrigan, April 2019.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)