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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0020 00003

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/537750

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Indramayu (Jawa Barat)

Name of collection:

Private collection of Radiwan

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Divination

Copyist:

Anonymous

Begin Year Date:

1850

End Year Date:

1950

Script:

Javanese

Writing support:

Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript paper dimension:

17 x 21 cm

Text block dimension:

14 x 19 cm

Number of pages:

4 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Damaged

Description of manuscript content:

The text is about calculations related to the prophets to learn the journey of someone’s life. After specific calculations, the outcome is related to the characteristics/journey of the prophet who is connected with the outcome of the calculations. The Rotating Serpent of the days points to someone’s character that is decided by the day he/she was born and calculations for when to hold certain celebrations, finding the right marriage partners, building houses, and so forth.

Other notes:

The manuscript is a fragment and only consists of the first part of the text.

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Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Pétungan – Primbon]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Divination – Almanac]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Javanese