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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0030 00046
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/540199
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:
Traditional Medicine
Begin Year Date:
1850
End Year Date:
1950
Script:
Balinese
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
3.3 x 62.7 cm
Text block dimension:
3 x 44 cm
Number of pages:
22 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
Yes
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The text deals with the characteristics of small pox, its cure and the prayers and mantras to be said during the curing process.
Other notes:
Page numbering 1-11 on the recto sides of the leaves. Magic drawings (rajahan) on leaf 10v. The text is incomplete. The manuscript is an embat-embatan with holes at the left-hand sides of the leaves and the central spines of the leaves still in place.

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Usada Kecacar
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Old Javanese
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