The Manuscripts of La Ode Zaenu and Buton’s connections to the wider Islamic world
Andrew Peacock, University of St Andrews[1] The library of La Ode Zaenu gives a unique window into the intellectual culture of this part of Indonesia, [Read more…]
Research
An enigmatic Javanese manuscript in the British Library: Sĕrat Jaya Lĕngkara, Add 12310
One of the crucial problems in philology is deciding whether a manuscript is a new creation or an attempt to create a faithful copy of [Read more…]
Shifting Landscapes: Remapping the Writing Traditions of Islamic Southeast Asia through Digitisation
ABSTRACT Studies of the languages and literatures of the Malay world of Nusantara have long been shaped by thecollections of manuscripts held in western institutions, [Read more…]
Gods, birds, and trees; Variation in illustrated Javanese pawukon manuscripts
Many libraries in the world preserve Javanese pawukonmanuscripts containing divinatory calendars based on the Javanese 30 seven-day wukucycle. Collections are found in the National Library of Indonesia [Read more…]
The Ricklefs collection at Leiden University Libraries. Some material features
Manuscripts are not only about content. The leather bindings, the kinds of paper, and the ink used may tell us stories without words – material [Read more…]
Javanese poetics and canto indicators: Jaya Lengkara Wulang (MSS Jav 24)
Today’s guest blog, highlighting one of the most important Javanese manuscripts from Yogyakartawhich has just been digitised, is by Dr Dick van der Meij from [Read more…]
Made for a Prince, Given to a Princess: An Illustrated Javanese Manuscript of the Dewa Ruci
In 1927, J.C.F. von Mühlen, the private secretary of Prince Hendrik, the husband of Queen Wilhelmina, donated a beautiful manuscript of the Dewa Ruci to [Read more…]