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MSS Batak 2
- Record Id:
- 032-003895183
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003895183
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121971131.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Batak 2
- Title:
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Pustaha
- Scope & Content:
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Pustaha.
On the outside an English note, ‘Surgery'. Perhaps copied for an English collector. The chain of transmission is: Ompu Ni Morhusor Ni Aji in Pasaribu—Raja Parama Ni Aji in Siupar; the last part is from Ompu Ni Pangajiyan Ni Aji in Simana[m]pang. Containing:
a 3-24: Poda ni taoar sati, on medicine.
a 25-34: Poda ni pilok si mate labi, against thieves. a 35-8: Poda ni mintora ni pangulubalang si mate labi, an incantation. b 3-25: Poda ni pagarta, pagar ni na di bortiyan, protective magic for a pregnant woman. An English note says, ‘midwifry’.
There is a facsimile of this MS among Millies's papers, now Leiden Or 5005b. Abstract by M. T. Mostert-Silitonga in Leiden Or 12322, ff. 500-2. In 1848 van der Tuuk examined MSS Batak 1-6 and wrote ‘A short account of the Batta manuscripts belonging to the Library of the East India Company', the autograph of which is in IOL; a preliminary draft (with the titles in Batak) is in Leiden Or 3395, pp. 135-40. The translations in the ‘Short account' are, of course, imperfect, given the state of knowledge of Batak at that time.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003895183", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Batak 2: Pustaha" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003895183
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003895183
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Batak
- Scripts:
- Batak
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Sumatra
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 75 x 60 mm.
41 leaves.
Binding: Two wooden covers, one rattan band and a carrying string.
- Custodial History:
- When Prof. C. J. C. Reuvens of Leiden University visited the East India House in 1819 there were four Batak MSS, sent from Sumatra by a ‘Governor some 8 years earlier’ (see Leiden Or 8326); these are the present MSS Batak 2-5.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), pp. 12-13.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)