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Papers manuscript, containing multiple texts. Copied at the behest of Stamford Raffles before 1816.
Main hand of the manuscript, black ink, an apparently rather successful eye-copy of an original in Old West Javanese Quadratic Script. The consonants
Librarian's notes in Roman script and pagination in Arabic numerals.
Acquired by Thomas Stamford Raffles from the
Near Buitenzorg, and also atRécha Dómas , a few miles further inland, both places adjacent to the site of the ancient capital ofPajajáran , are found several rude images in stone, and among them a figure with three faces (trimúrti ). Images of the same kind, as well as casts in metal, are also found inChéribon . The latter are particularly prized by the chiefs ofTelága , who are descended from the princes ofPajajáran , and consider these relics as representations of their forefathers. In the possession of the presentTumúng'gung ofTelága is an ancient manuscript written on Javan paper, and folded up in the manner of the manuscripts of Ava. The characters appear to be ancient Javan orKáwi , but ill written. This manuscript contains drawings of deities, of the signs of the Zodiac, and numerous other astronomical, or perhaps rather astrological devices. Of the history of the manuscript nothing is known, further than that theTumúng'gung and his family believe it to have come with the relics before-mentioned fromPajajáran . A copy of it has been brought to England.
Encoded in TEI according to the Conventions of Project DHARMA
The text was hitherto unpublished. This digital edition from photos furnished by Annabel Gallop.