Javanese Literature in Surakarta Manuscripts : Manuscripts of the Radya Pustaka Museum and the Hardjonagaran Library / Nancy K. Florida.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Florida, Nancy K., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Oriental--Indonesia--Surakarta--Catalogs.

Manuscripts, Oriental.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book completes a series of three volumes cataloguing the Javanese-language manuscripts housed in four repositories in the Central Javanese city of Surakarta that were preserved in microfilm under the auspices of the Cornell University's Surakarta Manuscript Project. The present volume describes the manuscripts of the Radya Pustaka Museum and the private library of the late Panembahan Hardjonagoro, a body of materials that date from the early eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Detailing the contents of the 1,204 texts inscribed in these 478 manuscripts, Nancy K. Florida's fully-indexed catalogue guides the reader through a wide range of materials.The manuscripts catalogued include autobiographical writings; gamelan notation; works of calendrical divination; annotated translations of the Qur'an; compendia of colonial laws and regulations; Sufi poetry; royal genealogies; handbooks on horsemanship; histories of legendary heroes; and scripts for wayang performances. Each entry includes information of titles, authors, dates and places of composition, dates and places of inscription, identities of scribes and patrons, and concise descriptions of the contents. Each title is also provided with a subject categorization, along with notes on the physical size and condition of the original manuscript, descriptions of scripts and scribal styles, papers, and watermarks. It is an essential resource for researchers of Javanese history and culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

A Note On Spelling

Abbreviations

Royal Titles In The Surakarta Palaces

Introduction To Volume 3: Manuscripts Of The Radya Pustaka Museum And The Hardjonagaran Library

Manuscripts Of The Radya Pustaka Museum

Manuscripts Of The Hardjonagaran Library

Bibliography

Subject Index

Author Index

Title Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501721595

1501721593

OCLC:

1059274168