University of Chicago, Codex Ms. 82f

Metadata

DS ID:

DS16697

Shelfmark:

Codex Ms. 82f

Title:

Batak divination tables for selecting auspicious days

Pustaha

Date:

manuscript /

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Batak (Poda, Toba script)

Batak WIKIDATA

Material:

illustrations

Physical Description:

Extent: 42 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 7 x 6.5 cm

Note:

Page orientation: portrait.
Condition: First and last page show some damage but otherwise the manuscript is in decent condition and the script is clearly legible.
Physical appearance: The outermost pages B1 and A21 have been darkened to give the impression as if the manuscript had a wooden cover.
Description: Pustaha (bark book) made by the Batak people in North Sumatra (Indonesia) most likely in the nineteenth century.
Paper and ink: The manuscript is made of the bast (inner bark) of the aquilaria tree. Black as well as red ink has been used in this manuscript.
BINDU GODANG (large bindu) denotes a large ornament which serves as a chapter marker. BINDU denotes a smaller ornament which may introduce a new subject matter. BM stands for bindu metmet (small bindu) which serves as a paragraph markers. Punctuations such as full stops or commas are not known in the Batak script.
Collected by Frederick Starr, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, 1892-1923.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Batak

Bark inscriptions

Indonesia--Sumatera Utara

Divination

Batak (Indonesian people)--Religion

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Batak

Institutional Record:

http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9106945

Holding Institution:

University of Chicago