University of Chicago, Codex Ms. 82g

Metadata

DS ID:

DS16698

Shelfmark:

Codex Ms. 82g

Title:

Small Toba Batak pustaha containing protective magic

Pustaha

Date:

manuscript /

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Batak (Poda, Toba script)

Batak WIKIDATA

Material:

illustrations

Physical Description:

Extent: 40 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 4 x 6 cm

Note:

Page orientation: portrait.
Condition: The manuscript is in poor condition. On many pages the ink has almost completely disappeared.
Physical appearance: This very small bark book has no 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. The red ink is only used to highlight the chapter markers called bindu.
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

Batak (Indonesian people)--Religion

Magic, Batak

Institutional Record:

http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9106933

Holding Institution:

University of Chicago