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Add MS 12277
- Record Id:
- 040-002042035
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000107
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181063838.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12277
- Title:
- Kutāra Mānawa
- Scope & Content:
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Kutāra Mānawa, law book.
Inscribed on the inside cover: 'Cuntara Manawa Sastra, a paraphrase of the Institutes of Menu, in the Kawi or ancient Javanese language. Presented to J. Crawfurd, Esq., by the Rajah of Blilling [Buleleng, in Bali], 1814.'
According to Jonker, 1885, pp. 32 et seqq., the text is almost the same as that in Leiden Or 2215. Cf. Add. MS 12336, and Add. MS 12321.
In Old (or Middle) Javanese language and Balinese script.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Javanese manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-002042035 - Is part of:
- Add MS 12273-12401 : Collection of Oriental Manuscripts purchased from John Crawford, Esq., author of the " History of the Indian…
Add MS 12277 : Kutāra Mānawa - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0005]/040-002042035
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item; 63 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100181063838.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Javanese
Old Javanese - Scripts:
- Balinese
- Start Date:
- 1814
- End Date:
- 1814
- Date Range:
- 1814
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Bali
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 35 x 280 mm.
63 ff.; palm leaves, folded along the spine (embat-embatan); 4 lines of text per page; three holes (two at each end and and one at the top left corner).
Currently strung through the top left hole.
Covers: two wooden covers, finely carved with floral decorations, two of these around the holes at each end.
- Custodial History:
- Presented to John Crawfurd by the Raja of Buleleng, 1814
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from John Crawfurd, 1842
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 177.
J.C. G. Jonker, Een Oud-Javaansch wetboek vergeleken met Indische rechtsbronnen. Leiden, 1885.
Mason C. Hoadley & M. B. Hooker. An Introduction to Javanese Law: A Translation of and Commentary on the Agama. Tucson, AZ: Published for the Association for Asian Studies by the University of Arizona Press, 1981.
Peter Carey, Review of: An Introduction to Javanese Law: A Translation and Commentary of the Agama, by M. C. Hoadley and M. B. Hooker. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1983, 14 (2): 432–35.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)