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MSS Jav 53 x
- Record Id:
- 032-004313271
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004313271
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100159433318.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100192853907.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Jav 53 x
- Title:
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Unidentified Javanese text
- Scope & Content:
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Unidentified Modern Javanese text.
Some Hindu divinities are named. A note attached to the MS says ‘Suluk. Proper Name: Mangunsari’, but the basis for this identification is unclear (NB this note is no longer present).
Many ff. seem to be missing; some ff. soiled; MS has been exposed to smoke.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Javanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004313271", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Jav 53 x: Unidentified Javanese text" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004313271
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004313271
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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1 item; 17 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100192853907.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Javanese
- Scripts:
- Javanese
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1816
- Date Range:
- 17th-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Java
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 30 x 355 mm (leaves and front cover), 385 mm (back cover).
17 ff.; palm leaves (lontar). 4 lines of text per page. Three holes at ends and middle.
Some leaves are badly damaged.
Covers: two dark wooden boards, which do not match: one is bevelled on the outside, with 3 holes, and is the same length as the leaves; the other is smooth, with one hole, and considerably longer than the leaves.
This MS is currently unstrung, and the leaves may be out of order.
- Custodial History:
- Acquired in Java by Col. Colin Mackenzie between 1811-1813.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Mackenzie collection, 1823.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 67.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)