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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0058 00011

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/622766

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Cirebon (Jawa Barat)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Makrifat Iman

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Shelfmark:

ILMU-PPIM UIN JAKARTA MANASSA 2010 10

Subject matter:

Medicine

Copyist:

Anonymous

Begin Year Date:

1850

End Year Date:

1950

Script:

Javanese; Arabic

Writing support:

paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

No

Manuscript paper dimension:

21.5 cm x 17 cm

Text block dimension:

19 cm x 16 cm

Number of pages:

138 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text contains recipes for herbal medicines (jamu) and methods of treatment, including the application of magical drawings and charms. At the beginning is a list of the herbal recipes inluding: (1) tamba bocah ngising gĕtih (medicine for a child who has blood in its stool), (2) tamba raré mĕjĕn (medicine for children who have trouble defecating), (3) tamba cacing (medicine against intestinal worms), (4) sarat dhuwé anak (medicine to get children), (5) tamba panas (medicine against fever), (6) tamba mĕtokakĕn gĕti(h) saking jungur (medicine to enable a person to remove blood from the mouth).

Other notes:

The covers have disappeared, together with some pages at the beginning and the end. The binding is in bad condition and many pages have become loose. The paper is also in a bad condition. The text is well readable.

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Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sĕsĕratan Tamba Warni-warni

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Various Medicinal Potions

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Javanese; Arabic