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Or 13826
- Record Id:
- 040-004299388
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156694385.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100177208949.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13826
- Title:
- Mĕkuta Raja
- Scope & Content:
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Mĕkuta Raja, a Javanese version of the Malay work Mahkota sĕgala Raja-raja or Taj al-salatin, a book of instruction for princes. Incomplete at end.
Written in Yogyakarta in Je, catur ing rat kang winangun nĕnggih jayeng buwana [probably Je A.J. 1814 / A.D. 1885]. At the beginning the anonymous author describes himself as Jĕng Pangran wakil Narendra Ngayogyakarta.
In Javanese language and script.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Javanese manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-004299388 - Is part of:
- Add MS 12273-12401 : Collection of Oriental Manuscripts purchased from John Crawford, Esq., author of the " History of the Indian…
Or 13826 : Mĕkuta Raja - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0106]/040-004299388
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item; 142 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_13826 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Javanese
- Scripts:
- Javanese
- Start Date:
- 1885
- End Date:
- 1885
- Date Range:
- 1885
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Java
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 300 x 190 mm. 142 ff., European paper. The ff. have original Javanese numbering on the verso from 1 to 148, and a note at the end of the volume states from ff. 110-111 and 119-122 are missing. Black ink with red rubrication and some decorated canto headings, 21 lines per page, set in double-ruled black ink frames. Binding: Modern dark green half leather and buckram British Library binding.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from P.B.R. Carey, 26 October 1977.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs, P. Voorhoeve & A.T. Gallop, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain. New Edition with Addenda et Corrigenda. (Jakarta: EFEO, 2014), p. 247.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)