'Syair Perahu': The poem of the boat. The transliteration in Hull is described in DJA/2/151, where it is presented synoptically with a similar version of the text at SOAS.
- Reference No:
- U DJA/2/150
- Dates:
- late 20th cent.
- Description:
- The manuscript at IOL (Malay A.2) is a bark folding book, of 36 folds, 9.5 x 14 cm, with the text written in the rencong script in South Sumatran Malay, and was already in the Library when seen by Van der Tuuk in 1848. (= L.Or.8447/111. See M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, 'Indonesian Manuscripts in Great Britain', OUP, London 1977, p.123).
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Papers of Professor Mervyn Aubrey Jaspan (1926-1975)
