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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0030 00030
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/540183
Country:
Indonesia
City (Province):
Denpasar (Bali)
Name of collection:
Private Collection of I Made Kajeng Waras Himawan Suweca
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Literature
Copyist:
Anonymous
Begin Year Date:
1850
End Year Date:
1950
Script:
Balinese
Writing support:
Palm
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript cover dimension:
3.3 x 49.6 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
3 x 49.7 cm
Text block dimension:
2.3 x 45.5 cm
Number of pages:
126 pages
Number of blank pages:
1 page
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The manuscript is a poem (kakawin) in Old Javanese in Sanskrit and Sanskrit inspired poetic meters and contains the story of the death of Boma.
Colophon:
Yeki Bhomantaka yati tlas. Sinurat ring desa wangaya kadya, ring dina, sa, u, wara, tolu, hanuju, tang, ping, 15, sasih, Jyestha.
Other notes:
Page numbers 1-63 on the verso sides of the leaves. The leaves contain 3 lines of text only. The text is incomplete.

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Kakawin Bhomantaka
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The Death of Boma
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Old Javanese
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