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Access to Malay manuscripts

Year: 1987

Type: article

Abstract: Background Our knowledge of written traditional Malay literature depends to a great extent on the Malay manuscripts that have been copied and collected particularly in the 19th century. These manuscripts, perhaps with the exception of the oldest among them, preserved in the Cambridge and Oxford University libraries, have undergone various deliberate changes at the hands of scribes. This in no way lessens their importance. How ever, in this paper we are only concerned with the survival of manu scripts and their accessibility to researchers.

Source: Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia

DOI: 10.1163/22134379-90003313

Author: Ding Choo Ming

Institution: Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies

Language: Dutch

Topic: Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W1965953363

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Cites: 17

Cited by: 9

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