Balinese transcripts, 1972-1983.
Collection Number: 4354
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Balinese transcripts, 1972-1983.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4354
Abstract:
The majority of the texts in the collection originate from northern Bali. The topics
of the texts include tales from Hindu epics, folktales, and legends of Balinese kings.
All of these contain moral lessons and religious lessons, and make reference to customary
law.
Creator:
Balinese Manuscript Project
Rijksuniversiteit te leiden. Bibliotheek
Quanitities:
36 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The collection comprises over three thousand typed transcriptions of Balinese palm
leaf manuscripts, representing a portion of the materials housed in the Kirtya (formerly
Van der Tuuk) archives in Bali. The transcriptions were produced between 1972 and
1983 under the auspices of the "Balinese Manuscript Project." That project was supervised
by Christiaan Hooykaas and later by H.I.R. Hinzler.
The majority of the texts in the collection originate from Northern Bali. The topics
of the texts include tales from Hindu epics, folktales, and legends of Balinese kings.
All of these contain moral lessons and religious lessons, and make reference to customary
law.
Cornell's holdings may number up to 3676 items, if the Echols Collection actually
received all of the transcriptions that should have been sent. An "item" refers to
a discrete text ranging in length from one to over one hundred pages. Items are consecutively
numbered. Information concerning the transcriptions' titles and number of pages appears
on eighty shipping lists.
Related although not identical materials from the Van der Tuuk collection are now
housed in the Royal University Library and described in: Hinzler, H.I.R. Catalogue
of Balinese Manuscripts. Two Volumes (Codices Manuscripti Bibliotheca Universitatis
Leidensis XXII & XXIII). Leiden: E.J. Brill.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Balinese transcripts, #4354. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Places:
Bali Island (Indonesia) -- Religious life and customs.
Subjects:
Hindu law.
Hindu literature.
Hindu legends.
Hinduism -- Bali Island (Indonesia)
Mythology, Balinese.
Ethics, Balinese.
Balinese literature.
Manuscripts, Balinese.
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