Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | University of Chicago. Library. Codex Ms. 82f.
University of Chicago. Library. Special Collections Research Center.
|
|---|
| Provenance: | Collected by Frederick Starr, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago, 1892-1923.
|
|---|
| Notes: | Page orientation: portrait.
Condition: First and last page show some damage but otherwise the manuscript is in decent condition and the script is clearly legible.
Physical appearance: The outermost pages B1 and A21 have been darkened to give the impression as if the manuscript had a wooden 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.
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..
In Batak (Poda, Toba script).
|
|---|
| Summary: | Rambu na toga, rambu na pitu.
|
|---|
| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Description available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
|
|---|
