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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 Nether...

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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

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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

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MLMSS 4016

Record Identifier

nGm4kmaY

Reference Code

887747
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 envelope)

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Full title

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)

Description source

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No.2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010

Contextual Information

Source

Transferred from Incunabula Press 096 in June 1982

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MLMSS 4016

Record Identifier

nGm4kmaY

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Reference code

887747

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