'Java Malay vocabulary' / by Dr Charles Otto Blagden

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

Reference
- GB 102 MS 297483/03A
Former Reference
- GB 102 MS 297485
Dates of Creation
- n.d.
Name of Creator
- Blagden Charles Otto (1864-1949) orientalist
Language of Material
- Malay (macrolanguage) English
Physical Description
- 224 pp.

Scope and Content

‘Letts’s Colonial Rough Diary and Almanac for 1894’, [ff. 1], pp. 209, [ff. 9]. Including:

A: pp. I, 1-6. Malay-Sĕmang-Sakai comparative vocabulary with approx. 125 entries (not all columns complete). Romanized.

B: pp. 8-190. ‘Java Malay vocabulary.’ English-Malay vocabulary of the Malay dialect spoken in Java, containing many Javanisms, and Javanese and Dutch words. On slips pasted into the vol. Romanized.

C: pp. 205, 207, 209, [217, 219, 221, 223]. Malay incantations against evil spirits. Arabic script.

D: loose p. at the end of the vol. Copies of two documents granting seals (cap) to the Pĕnghulu of Cabau, dated A.H. 1235 [A.D. 1819] and 1237 [A.D 1821]. Malay, Arabic script. Copies in MS 381320/03, Vol. II (B).

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the South East Asian Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, 13 November 1973

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

32 x 19 cm..

Archivist's Note

Description based on an entry from 'Indonesian Manuscripts in Great Britain: A Catalogue of Manuscripts in Indonesian languages in British Public Collections' by M.C. Ricklefs, P. Voorhoeve and Annabel Teh Gallop Jakarta Ecole francaise d'Extreeme-Orient, 2014. Reproduced with permission.

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