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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0030 00005
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/540158
Country:
Indonesia
City (Province):
Denpasar (Bali)
Name of collection:
Private Collection of I Made Kajeng Waras Himawan Suweca
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Divination
Begin Year Date:
1850
End Year Date:
1950
Script:
Balinese
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript cover dimension:
3.5 x 40 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
3.5 x 40 cm
Text block dimension:
3.2 x 35.3 cm
Number of pages:
106 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The divination manual contains the rules how to predict auspicious and inauspicious days for work and religious ceremonies.
Other notes:
Many leaves are damaged with loss of text. The leaves are in disorder and various leaves are missing. Reconstructing the sequence of the leaves has proved impossible because many do not have page numbers and are damaged causing the loss of possible page numbers. Some leaves are damaged with loss of text.

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Wariga Dewasa
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Divination Almanac
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Old Javanese
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