COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Javanese MS 6
Reference Number:
Javanese MS 6
Parent Work Title:
Tapel Adam (or Anbiya)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Tapel Adam (or Anbiya), history of the Prophets
Translated Parent Work Title:
Formation of Adam (or Book of the Prophets)
Date Created:
c1800
Description:
Tapel Adam (or Anbiya), history of the Prophets, Javanese manuscript written on paper containing only the beginning, down to the story of the patith of King Namrud. Illustrated with thirteen coloured drawings with spaces for twelve more, left blank. The illustrations seem to be of mixed origin.
Subject:
History--Religious aspects--Islam
Subject:
Creation (Islam)
Subject:
Creation--Mythology
Subject:
Creationism--Religious aspects
Subject:
Cosmology Religious aspects
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Pencil
Medium:
Paint
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
310 mm
Item Width:
220 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Ricklefs, M. C. and Voorhoeve, P., 1977. Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain : a catalogue of manuscripts in Indonesian languages in British public collections. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-08-16
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands