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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0133 00003
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/871369
Country:
Indonesia
City (Province):
Jember
Name of collection:
Private Collection of Abdul Muis
Right to Left?:
Yes
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Literature
Copyist:
Anonymous
Script:
Pegon
Writing support:
Dluwang
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript paper dimension:
21.8 x 15.2 cm
Text block dimension:
17 x 12.3 cm
Number of pages:
134 pages
Rubrication?:
Yes
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The manuscript contains a poem in tembang macapat meters of the story of the Prophet Muhammad starting with his discussions with Abdullah and Abdul Muthalib. It ends with a poem on the Prophet’s night journey to Jerusalem and ascension to heaven (Israʾ Miʿrāj) in the form of a dialogue between Jibril and Mikail in the artati poetic meter.
Other notes:
The manuscript has no covers and pages have holes while the last pages are torn. There are wing-like illuminations at the changes of the stanzas while lines are divided by signs that look like the letter tho’. The changes in poetic meter are indicated with the word puh.

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
[Sejarah Nabi Muhammad]
Item 1 - Title in English script:
[History of the Prophet Muhammad]
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Javanese
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