Small Toba Batak pustaha containing protective magic (DS16698) (Q69787)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Chicago (9106933, Codex Ms. 82g, http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9106933)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Small Toba Batak pustaha containing protective magic (DS16698) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Chicago (9106933, Codex Ms. 82g, http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9106933) |
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Bark inscriptions--Indonesia--Sumatera Utara
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Batak (Indonesian people)--Religion
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Magic, Batak
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manuscript /
19. century
1800
1899
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Extent: 40 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 4 x 6 cm
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illustrations
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Page orientation: portrait.
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Condition: The manuscript is in poor condition. On many pages the ink has almost completely disappeared.
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Physical appearance: This very small bark book has no cover.
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Description: Pustaha (bark book) made by the Batak people in North Sumatra (Indonesia) most likely in the nineteenth century.
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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.
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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.
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Collected by Frederick Starr, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, 1892-1923.
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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