[INDOLOGY] South-East Asian manuscripts

[Andrea Acri]

Dear Christophe,

as for the first one (E1452), it may very well be Balinese, but to me, the script looks more like Javanese. Actually, the manuscript might be from Lombok, where the Sasak community use their own form of Javanese-derived script. I have seen several manuscripts from Lombok carrying elaborately carved thick wooden covers, such as the one in the picture.

Best,

Andrea

Andrea ACRI
École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL University 
Maître de conférences/Assistant Professor  
Études tantriques/Tantric Studies
Section des Sciences religieuses, Paris
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> Le 23 juin 2020 à 16:36, Christophe Vielle via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> The small University Museum in Louvain-la-Neuve asks me if more information could be provided on the following two items:
> 
> https://wetransfer.com/downloads/cf1656819b4f2ffe2e94dc90f5e752d520200619121606/7fe8ba61b73386cdf6a87f39a3abd05520200619121627/f4f703 <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwetransfer.com%2Fdownloads%2Fcf1656819b4f2ffe2e94dc90f5e752d520200619121606%2F7fe8ba61b73386cdf6a87f39a3abd05520200619121627%2Ff4f703&data=02%7C01%7Cchristophe.vielle%40uclouvain.be%7Ca27a818b88e440a5435d08d8144aa9dd%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C637281659520978985&sdata=Gll2fQQxX2xxLN6QrAbZqWVHCOrDhTidvQ%2FCHoamy7w%3D&reserved=0>
> or
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> https://wetransfer.com/downloads/69e52153cdee32a707584b949f40eb0220200619133814/09960df58f7ebf2594775337d9f32bc220200619133957/7e3117 <https://wetransfer.com/downloads/69e52153cdee32a707584b949f40eb0220200619133814/09960df58f7ebf2594775337d9f32bc220200619133957/7e3117>
> 
> 
> N°inv E1452 : Livre à lamelles - Bois, feuilles de palmes (?) - 14,6 x 2,7 x 7 cm, Collection Steichen, Musée L
> N°inv E1390 : Livre en accordéon - Papier végétal laqué noir, dans une cotonnade fermée par un ruban - 17 x 43 x 2,5 cm, Collection Steichen, Musée L. Livre traditionnel parabaik. Modèles de tatouages magiques sur palimpseste, un ancien manuel de règles monastiques écrit en birman. Dans une cotonnade fermée par un ruban. 
> 
> For the first one (the photo has to be rotated), it looks like Balinese script (?). For the second one, Burmese script (but which language or text?).
> Any help will be credited.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Christophe
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