Letter from Dr. P. Voorhoeve, conservator of Oriental Manuscripts, University Library, Leiden Nether...
Letter from Dr. P. Voorhoeve, conservator of Oriental Manuscripts, University Library, Leiden Netherlands, to Phyllis Mander-Jones, Mitchell Librarian, 30 March 1954, being mainly notes relating to Bark Book
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MLMSS 4016
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 envelope)
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Letter from Dr. P. Voorhoeve, conservator of Oriental Manuscripts, University Library, Leiden Netherlands, to Phyllis Mander-Jones, Mitchell Librarian, 30 March 1954, being mainly notes relating to Bark Book
Notes
General note
The Bark Book at R 731 is a fragmentary work about magic and sorcery, accompanied by magical signs of the cock, from Sumatra in the Toba Batak language.
Keyword subjects:
Magic
Toba-Batak (Indonesian people)
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Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No.2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
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Transferred from Incunabula Press 096 in June 1982
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MLMSS 4016
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nGm4kmaY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4kmaY
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887747
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