Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Or 6622
- Record Id:
- 040-004291020
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100155182813.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100177211058.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 6622
- Title:
- Primbon
- Scope & Content:
-
On the basis of a brief examination. Dr. Th. G. Th. Pigeaud describes this as a primbon consisting of three or more parts, one part concerns medical lore and legal material; another contains Arabic in Javanese script. The MS seems to be of considerable antiquity. It is written on very thin and delicate Javanese paper, discoloured and wormeaten.
An official document from Cirĕbon, dated 6 February 1849, in Malay in Latin script, was originally used as a cover.
In Javanese and Arabic language, in Javanese script.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Javanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-004291020 - Is part of:
- Add MS 12273-12401 : Collection of Oriental Manuscripts purchased from John Crawford, Esq., author of the " History of the Indian…
Or 6622 : Primbon - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0102]/040-004291020
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item; 27 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100177211058.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
Javanese - Scripts:
- Javanese
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 16th-17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Java
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 195 x 120 mm.27 ff.; Javanese paper (dluwang). Some folios (eg. ff. 9, 12, 13) were of double thickness and have now begun to separate. F. 12 has a string threaded through near the outer vertical edge (perhaps to function as a bookmark?).Black ink; 13-15 lines per page; a variety of different hands.
Binding: no binding; the outer folios of stiffened dluwang acted as covers.
An official document from Cirĕbon, in Malay in Roman script, dated 6 February 1849, written on a piece of Dutch paper (with Concordia watermark) was previously used as a cover.
- Custodial History:
- Alfred William Hurst Boram (1864-1955) was married to Hendrika Cornelia Albers (1869-1947), who was born in Cianjur. Her father, Christiaan Albers (1837-1920) was a NZV (Nederlandse Zendingsvereeniging) missionary in west Java from 1863-1907, and the likely source of this manuscript.
- Source of Acquisition:
-
Presented by A. W. Hurst Boram Esq., 10 February 1905.
- Publications:
-
M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 54.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)