Private Collection of I Made Kajeng Waras Himawan Suweca
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Subject matter:
Religious Treatise; Mantras; Divination
Copyist:
Anonymous
Begin Year Date:
1850
End Year Date:
1950
Script:
Balinese
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
3.5 x 33.7 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
2.8 x 33 cm
Text block dimension:
2.7 x 27.3 cm
Number of pages:
98 pages
Number of blank pages:
6 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text is about the various relative positions of specific trees in relation to human courtly and other positions. Their king is the Breadfruit tree, the vizier is the Jati tree and so on. The manuscript also contains notes for the Dewa Yadnya rituals for the Gods (odalan). The manuscript also contains mantras to be said during the transportation of a corpse and the equipment to be used during cremation.
Other notes:
Page numbering 1-47 on the verso sides of the leaves. Note that image 14r is the same as 14v and 43v is the same as 44r so that both have been photographed twice. The last blank leaves contain no page numbers.