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MSS Jav 53 ee
- Record Id:
- 032-004318890
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004318890
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100160253459.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100191628502.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Jav 53 ee
- Title:
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Unidentified Modern Javanese text
- Scope & Content:
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Unidentified Modern Javanese text, which may be a tutur or a collection of mantras.
The colophon has vija samasta tlas (‘here ends the Vija Samasta’); the word śudhamala occurs in the text. The text is complete.
This MS described with the assistance of Andrea Acri.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Javanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004318890", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Jav 53 ee: Unidentified Modern Javanese text" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004318890
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004318890
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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1 item; 101 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100191628502.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- 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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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 35 x 420 mm.
101 ff.; palm leaves (lontar). 4 (sometimes uneven) lines of text per page. Three holes at ends and middle. Original foliation in Javanese on the verso of each leaf.
The edges of the leaves are very blackened; there are some modern repairs. Some fragments of old string are found with the manuscript.
Covers: two wooden boards. The manuscript is currently strung.
- 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, P.Voorhoeve & A.T. Gallop, Indonesianmanuscripts in Great Britain. NewEdition with Addenda et Corrigenda. (Jakarta: EFEO, 2014), p. 280.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)