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MSS Jav 61

Record Id:
032-004073412
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Jav 61
Title:

Collection of Alphabets and MSS in the Javanese and other languages and characters of Java 1811 and 1812

Scope & Content:

‘Collection of Alphabets and MSS in the Javanese and other languages and characters of Java 1811 and 1812’:

A: ff. 2r-20r. ‘The Javanese alphabet used at Cheribon [Cirĕbon] by Ravidjah [Rawijah, Mackenzie’s translator]’

B: ff. 23r-26r. ‘The Javanese alphabet and numerical characters by Rothenbuhler of Sourabaya [Surabaya], April 29 1812’

C: ff. 27r-28v. ‘Capala Hooroof [kĕpala huruf]: the Javanese alphabet ancient and modern from the Pangeran of Samanap [Sumĕnĕp], April 1812’

D: f. 29r. ‘Ancient Javanese alphabet received from the 2nd son of the Panumbahan at Sarnanap [Panĕmbahan of Sumĕnĕp], April 1812.'

E: ff. 30r-30ar. ‘Pali alphabet from Mr. Couperus, copied November 1812.’

F: ff. 31r-31ar. 'Aanthoning ...' note in Dutch with chart of Javanese letters. (Not listed in RV 1977).

G: ff. 32r-52r. ‘The Javanese alphabet by Johannes Gabriel Vincent (February 1812).’

In Javanese language and script, with notes in English and Dutch.

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Javanese manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:

1 volume; 52 folios

Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Javanese
Scripts:
Javanese
Latin
Start Date:
1812
End Date:
1812
Date Range:
1812
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 330 x 220 mm. 52 ff. according to original foliation; various European papers and watermarks, eg. 'A Gleerup' (f. 28a); flyleaves watermarked ‘Hall 1812’.

Binding: half leather binding with marbled paper boards; both covers now loose.

Source of Acquisition:

Mackenzie collection (B-57A), 1823.

Information About Copies:
Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 68.

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], pp. 22. Unpublished handlist. British Library, MSS Eur Photo Eur 107

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)