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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0058 00002
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/622757
Country:
Indonesia
City (Province):
Cirebon (Jawa Barat)
Name of collection:
Private Collection of Makrifat Iman
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Divination
Begin Year Date:
1850
End Year Date:
1950
Script:
Javanese; Roman
Writing support:
Lined folio paper
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
22.8 cm x 17 cm
Text block dimension:
10 cm x 9.5 cm
Number of pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text contains numerology divination based on the 20 letters of the Javanese alphabet using numbers 1-9 except for 7 and 8. This kind of divination is called pandom and the people use it to make decisions based on the characteristics attached to the letters.
Other notes:
There is a note by the writer in the form of the number 1405 divided by 12 written in grey pencil.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
[꧋ꦧꦭꦸꦔꦤ꧀ꦱꦔꦗꦼꦗꦺꦴꦣꦺꦴꦤ꧀]
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Balungan Sanga Jĕjodhon
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The Nine Pairs Framework
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Javanese
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