Indonesian Manuscripts from the Islands of Java, Madura, Bali and Lombok

Dick van der Meij (Ph.D. Leiden 2002) has published editions and translations of Balinese, Malay, and Javanese texts and articles on Indonesian literature and manuscripts. His latest work is an edition and translation (with N. Lambooij) of the Malay Hikayat Mi’raj Nabi Muḥammad (Brill, 2014).

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Notes to the Readerl
Abbreviationsliv

General Introduction
 The Present Book
 Languages
 Script
 Manuscripts in Arabic
 Multiple Languages and Scripts in Manuscripts
 The Chapters in the Book
 Topics not Discussed in the Book

1 Manuscripts
 Manuscripts as Physical Objects
 Complete and Incomplete Manuscripts
 Intact, Damaged and Repaired Manuscripts
 Old and New Manuscripts
 Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscripts
 Naturalistic Figure Depiction
 The Natural World in Javanese Illustrations
 Illuminations
 Wĕdana
 Commissioned Manuscripts
 Personal Manuscripts
 Large and Small Manuscripts
 ‘Authentic’ Manuscripts
 ‘Fake’ Manuscripts
 Manuscript Quality, Beautiful and Ugly Manuscripts
 Numbers of Manuscripts, Popularity of Texts
 Collective Volumes
 Fragments of Other Texts in Manuscripts
 Titles
 Multiple Titles

2 Access to Manuscripts
 Public Collections of Indonesian Manuscripts
 Semi-Public Collections
 Private Collections
 Lost Manuscripts
 Microfilms and Digital Manuscripts
 Blogs, Portals, Social Media and Digital Search Machines
 Catalogs

3 Lontar and Gěbang (Nipah) Manuscripts
 Lontar Manuscripts
 Protective Covers
 The Writing Process
 Numbering in Lontar Manuscripts
 Text in Lontar
 Maarti Texts
 Gĕbang (Nipah) Manuscripts

4 Verse, Verse Meters and Their Indications
 Verse Structures
 Page Lay-Out of Texts in Tĕmbang Macapat
 Sasmitaning Tĕmbang
 Kidung
 Kakawin
 Javanese Syi’ir

5 Mistakes and Corrections in Manuscripts
 Writers’ Own Indications of Mistakes
 Levels of Mistakes
 Indications of Mistakes and Corrections
 Mistakes Indicated and Corrected During Writing or Afterwards
 Corrections and Additional Notes and Editions of Texts

6 Dating and Calendars
 The Javanese Calendar
7 Colophons
 Manuscripts Copied with the Original Colophon
 Colophons in Javanese Texts from Java
 Colophons in Old and Middle Javanese Texts
 Colophons Added to Colophons
 Personal and General Information in Balinese Colophons
 Changes in Colophons Over Time
 Colophons in Balinese Manuscripts in Balinese
 Colophons in Sasak and Javanese Manuscripts from Lombok
 Colophon as Part of the Text or Not?
 Excuses for Mistakes and Poor Workmanship

8 Other Information on Dating and Ownership
 Manuscript Gifts to Scholars
 Ownership Information on Separate Pages Preceding or after the Text
 Personal Information on the Fore-Edge of the Book Block
 Library and Ownership Stamps
 Labels
 Other Indications of Ownership
 Signatures
 Hidden Names of Authors and the Places where They Live
 Name Hidden in Illuminations
 Pre-Printed Paper

Appendix 1 Candra Sangkala in Manuscripts
Appendix 2 Alternative Names for Macapat Meters
Appendix 3 Pada Marks in Javanese, Sundanese and Madurese Manuscripts
Appendix 4 Sasmita Salinining Tĕmbang from Java, Lombok, Bali and Sunda
Appendix 5 Sasmita Wiwitaning Tĕmbang in Javanese Texts from Java
Appendix 6 Verse Schemes of the Most Encountered Verse Meters in Bali According to I Gusti Putu Jlantik
Appendix 7 Kakawin Verse MetersAppendix 8 Table to Calibrate the Javanese and Arabic Years to the Gregorian Calendar According to Djidwal 1932
Glossary
Manuscripts Quoted
Bibliography
Index