'Love charms': on a folded sheet, with English notes by Jaspan, in blue and red ink on p.1. The text, in the rencong script, runs across pp.2-3, with an interlinear romanized transliteration in pencil, and another incomplete one in red ink, all by Jaspan. These are accompanied by a romanized transliteration made by P. Voorhoeve from Jaspan's copy, 1f., typescript.

Reference No:
U DJA/2/75/3
Dates:
23 Jan 1966
Description:
The copy was made and transliterated for the first time on 23 January 1966. Note by Jaspan: 'Cylindrical bamboo manuscript in Redjang characters, arranged in 9 lines (actually 8) on a length of bamboo. Collected at Mana by Helfrich; acquired by Museum September 1892. Length 40 cm x diameter 3.4 cm. Shape is more oval than round; there are no knuckles at either end; it is not aur gading. Epidermis is thin, soft, lined, and in many places cracked and worm-eaten, in marked contrast to aur gading manuscripts; has worm chrysalises on inside. The text appears to be inscribed with the point of a nail, rather than a keris. The writer's hand is uneven and the lettering coarse; the lines are far from straight. The impression of the writing instrument is considerably deeper and therefore clearer and more legible on the left-hand side of the cylinder.' (= REM 886/29)
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)