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Record Id:

040-002042132

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002042030

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000164

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Format:

ISAD(G)

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Add MS 12368

Title:

Bugis medical tracts

Scope & Content:

Texts in Bugis language and script.

A: ff. 2r.-27r., 27v.-30r. Tracts on medical treatment of various diseases. B: ff. 30r.-31r. Amulet with the names of the Seven Sleepers and their dog (Buginese Kahapĕ’e, Arabic Aṣhāb al-kahf). C: ff. 31, 32v. Formulae against evil spirits, wild animals, and eerie (makĕrrĕ') places. D: ff. 31v.-32r. Some verses from the Qur'ān, i.e. the āyat al-kursī (sūra 2: 256) and sūra 59: 24. Arabic.

(This description from Dr. A. A. Cense)

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002042030
036-002042107
040-002042132

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 12345-12375 : 31 volumes in the Bugis and Arabic languages, captured in 1814, in the palace of the Rajah of Boni, in the island of Celebes

Add MS 12368 : Bugis medical tracts

Hierarchy:

032-002042030[0072]/036-002042107[0023]/040-002042132

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

32 folios; 1 volume

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Languages:

Arabic
Buginese

Scripts:

Arabic
Buginese

Start Date:

1750

End Date:

1814

Date Range:

Late 18th-early 19th century

Era:

Place of Origin:

Indonesia

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 280 x 210 mm. 32 ff.; European paper, watermarked 'V[D]L' (Cense reads this as 'ICA'). After f. 32 are 26 blank folios.

17 lines per page; black ink with rubrication

Binding: full brown leather binding with tooled frame bands.

Custodial History:

Old label: Bugis 24.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from John Crawfurd, 1842.

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 32.

B.F. Matthes, Kort verslag aangaande alle mij in Europa bekende Makassaarsche en Boegineesche handschriften, vooral die van het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 1875, p. 95.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)