'An Arabic text + Hiwang + Bandung'. Transliteration by P. Voorhoeve, February 1971, 3ff., typescript (= L.Or.8447/93).
- Reference No:
- U DJA/2/156
- Dates:
- Feb 1971
- Description:
The originals are as follows:
a) Corrupt Arabic text in the rencong script, incised on 12 bamboo strips. (Mal.pol.189)
b) Hiwang = A lover's lament, in the Lampung script in the Lampung language. (Mal.pol.193). This is a paper scroll, 155.5 x 9.5 cm.
c) Bandung: a collection of pantuns, in the Lampung script, in the Lampung language. (Mal.pol.200). This is a bamboo strip, 111.5 x 3 cm, with text in three columns, beginning:
Ku sabah pai huri djah
Huri djah dami rukun
Lamun benar mak salah
Mak salah ki sai hujun.
See A. Cabaton, 'Catalogue sommaire des manuscrits indiens, indochinois et malayo - polynesiens', Paris, 1912. See further DJA(2)/9/3/5, with ref. to Ms.Mal.pol.18. There is also a microfilm containing the manuscripts of DJA/2/156.
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
- Papers of Professor Mervyn Aubrey Jaspan (1926-1975)