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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0125 00023

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/871256

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Gianyar

Name of collection:

Private Collection of I Wayan Wandra

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Tutur

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

Kamis wage Pujut

Copying date in Gregorian:

1985 September 19

Script:

Balinese

Writing support:

Palm-leaf

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

26.2 x 3.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

26.2 x 3.5 cm

Text block dimension:

22.6 x 3.5 cm

Number of pages:

54 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text is a manual used by performers of the Balinese shadow play (wayang). It also explains the positions of wayang characters in human organs and the mantras the puppetteer says by himself when he is about to perform and to attract the attention of the audience (mantra pangeger). It also contains the mantra sudamala used to exorcise various kinds of people: living, dead, those who died an inauspicious death and whose body cannot be found, and for pregnant women.

Colophon:

Kamis Wage pujut, 19 September 1985, Disalin dari Koleksi Gria Purnama

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᬢᬸᬢᬸᬃᬧᬹᬃᬯᬘᬡ᭟

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Tutur Purwacana

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Tutur Purwacana

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Kawi (mixture of Balinese and Old Javanese)