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Record Id:

040-002042103

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002042030

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000149

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ISAD(G)

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Title:

Yogyakarta court records

Scope & Content:

Records from the kraton of Yogyakarta apparently taken from the court at the deposition of Hamengkubuwana II in 1812. A collection of original letters, documents, grants of land, etc., written in Javanese language and script, ranging in date from AJ 1713 to 1739 (AD 1786 to 1812).

F.89r contains text in Chinese; f. 146v is written in Javanese in Pegon (Arabic) script; a few documents are in Dutch.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts
Javanese manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002042030
036-002042102
040-002042103

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Add MS 12273-12401 : Collection of Oriental Manuscripts purchased from John Crawford, Esq., author of the " History of the Indian…
Add MS 12341-12342 : A COLLECTION of Original Letters, Grants of Land, etc., in modern Javanese, of recent date, written partly on native, and…

Add MS 12341 : Yogyakarta court records

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032-002042030[0069]/036-002042102[0001]/040-002042103

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume; 319 folios

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Languages:

Chinese
Dutch
Javanese

Scripts:

Arabic
Han (Traditional)
Javanese

Start Date:

1786

End Date:

1812

Date Range:

1786-1812

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 380 x 265 mm. Various European and Javanese papers, and in various sizes, many with red ink seals. Black ink; f. 315 has some words in red ink.

Binding: brown leather European binding with stamped and tooled borders and medallions emulating the Javanese style.

Source of Acquisition:

John Crawfurd collection, 1842.

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p.53.

P.B.R. Carey, The archive of Yogyakarta. Vol. 1, Documents relating to politics and internal court affairs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980.

Peter Carey & Mason C. Hoadley, The archive of Yogyakarta. Vol. 2, Documents relating to economic and agrarian affairs. Oxford: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2000.

Exhibitions:

Raffles in Southeast Asia: Revisiting the Scholar and Statesman, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 29 January 2019 - 28 April 2019

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

Exhibited: Raffles in Southeast Asia: Revisiting the Scholar and Statesman, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 29 January 2019 - 28 April 2019