Category:Javanese manuscripts in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

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The 2,600 Javanese manuscripts, most of them palm leaf manuscripts, include texts of Hinduism, medicine, to a limited extent also with Islamic or Buddhist content.

The 4,100 Southeast Asian manuscripts of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek are subdivided into the following languages: Indonesian languages (2,650), Burmese (900), Thai (500), etc. The materials used for writing on are unusually varied: paper, palm leaves, dluwang, bamboo, wood, textile fabric, ivory, bone, stone, gold, silver and other metals. The Southeast Asian manuscripts are categorised in line with the language.

... the majority of these manuscripts was acquired only as of the 1970s. Since 1973, the number of Oriental and Asian manuscripts has quintupled from 3,300 to 18,400 today

https://www.bsb-muenchen.de/en/collections/asia/languages/southeast-asian-languages/

The South-East Asian collection encompasses around 4,100 manuscripts in the languages Batak, Burmese, Javanese and Balinese, Cambodian, Lampung, Laotian, Malayan, Thai, Vietnamese and the languages of the Philippines.

From point of view of quantity, the Indonesian languages (Javanese-Balinese) constitute the largest group (2,650), followed by Burmese (900) and Thai (500). The manuscripts consist of an unusual variety of materials: paper, palm leaves, dluwang, bamboo, wood, textile fabric, ivory, bone, stone, gold, silver and other metals.

The Javanese manuscripts, usually from northern Bali and mostly written on palm leaf, encompass texts of Hinduism, medicine, to a smaller extent also of Islamic or Buddhist content, as well as magical and literary texts. The collection also encompasses book cases and writing utensils.

https://www.bsb-muenchen.de/en/collections/manuscripts/languagesregions/south-east-asian-manuscripts/

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