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Add MS 12337
- Record Id:
- 040-002042095
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000143
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100188898981.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12337
- Title:
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The teachings of Sultan Hamengku Buwana I
- Scope & Content:
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18 cantos of verse, the first beginning, kocap wulangira Sri Bupati Sinuhun Swarga Ngayogyakarta ḍumatĕng putra wayahe prituwin mring wadya gung, i.e. the teachings of Sultan Hamĕngkubuwana I of Yogyakarta, to his offspring and officials. The MS also contains a number of short lyric poems.
In Javanese language and script.
Labelled on the front: ‘Collection of Songs, from the Prince Pakualam.’, i.e. given to John Crawfurd by Paku Alam I.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Javanese manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-002042095 - 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 12337 : The teachings of Sultan Hamengku Buwana I - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0065]/040-002042095
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume; 20 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_12337 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Javanese
- Scripts:
- Javanese
- Start Date:
- 1812
- End Date:
- 1812
- Date Range:
- 1812
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 200 x 155 mm.
20 ff; English paper, watermarked J Whatman 1812', 'C Ansell'.
Flyleaf of Javanese paper (dluwang).
12 lines per page, squarish script, brown ink.
Illumination: double frames on ff. 1v-2r with architectural candi style wadana in gold, blue, red, yellow, green and black ink.
Binding: Full brown leather binding, with stamped frame and ornaments, in emulation of the Javanese style, probably bound in the British Museum bindery, with traces of green head and tailbands. Red leather on spine with shelfmark and title added in British Museum. - 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. 109.
A.T. Gallop with B. Arps, Golden letters: writing traditions of Indonesia (London: British Library; Jakarta: Lontar, 1991), p. 78.
- Exhibitions:
- Golden Letters: Writing Traditions of Indonesia, National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta, September 1991
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)