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Add MS 12320
- Record Id:
- 040-002042078
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000132
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12320
- Title:
- Babad Kraton
- Scope & Content:
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Babad, described in Ricklefs 1972 as Babad Kraton, from a reference on f. 715v. Author Raden Tumenggung Jayengrat. Begun in Yogyakarta in 'damar muluk wiku jagat' [AJ 1703 / AD 1777]; finished in 'catur musna pandita gade' [AJ 1704 / AD 1778]. A note in Crawfurd's hand says, 'History of Java found in the Kraton [at the deposition of Hamengkubuwana II in 1812] containing the real and fabulous history of the present dynasty.' It begins with Adam and ends with the fall of Kartasura. In verse form.
Ruled decorative text frames in black ink on ff. 1v-2r, also on ff. 398v-399r (with only one line of text on f. 398v), and on ff. 715v-716r.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Javanese manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-002042078 - 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 12320 : Babad Kraton - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0048]/040-002042078
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 717 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_12320 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Javanese
- Scripts:
- Javanese
- Start Date:
- 1778
- End Date:
- 1778
- Date Range:
- 1778
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 415 x 250 mm. 717 ff.; European paper. Black ink; 19 lines per page. Full brown leather binding with stamped frames and ornaments, in emulation of the Javanese style, probably bound in the British Museum bindery in the 19th century.
Some fragments of paper with text (perhaps from original endpapers or enclosures) are tipped in at the end of the book.
- 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. 50.
M.C. Ricklefs, ‘A consideration of three versions of the Babad Tanah Djawi, with excerpts on the fall of Madjapahit’, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 35(2): 285-315.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)