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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0043 00047

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/536268

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Sijunjung (Sumatera Barat)

Name of collection:

Surau Simaung

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Linguistics

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

15 Rabī‘ al-Awwal

Begin Year Date:

1900

End Year Date:

1950

Place of copying:

Mecca

Script:

Arabic

Writing support:

Laid paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

22.5 x 17.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

22.5 x 17.5 cm

Text block dimension:

19 x 13.5 cm

Number of pages:

64 pages

Number of blank pages:

50 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text contains lessons and exercises on prose (inshā’).

Other notes:

The manuscript was written while the scribe was in Mecca. The name of the scribe is written on the cover.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

درس الإنشاء

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Dars al-Inshā’

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Dars al-Inshā’

Item 1 - Author:

‘Abd al-Ghānī ibn ‘Abbās Sijunjung

Item 1 - Language:

Arabic