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Add MS 12379
- Record Id:
- 040-002042143
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x00016f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12379
- Title:
- Hikayat Isma Yatim
- Scope & Content:
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In Malay in Jawi script. Hikayat Isma Yatim, end is missing. Niemann says the text differs from various MSS in Leiden U.L., BL India Office, and RAS, but the story follows the same general development. On f.1r are some English letters, a phrase, and in Malay the statement that Raja Ahmad wrote these English letters (Raja Ahmad yang menulis surat Inggeris ini). Text begins (f.1r): Al-kisah ini hikayat Bahari Kala di tanah Melayu yang amat indah2 karanganya ...; ends abrupty (f.97r): ... negeri terlalu ramai segala bunyi-bunyian tiada sangka.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-002042143 - 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 12379 : Hikayat Isma Yatim - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0076]/040-002042143
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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97 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_12379 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Malay
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1842
- Date Range:
- 18th-Early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 97 ff. Dimensions: 340 x 230 mm. Black ink. European paper, no watermarks visible. Illuminated double frames in colours and gold at beginning (ff.1v-2r). Blind-tooled full leather binding.
- 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), pp.107-8.
A.T.Gallop, 'Malay manuscript art: the British Library collection', The British Library Journal, 17 (2): 167-189, p.173.
- Exhibitions:
- Tales of the Malay World: Manuscripts and Early Books, National Library, Singapore, 17 August 2017 - 25 February 2018
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)