Pustaha; A study into the production process of the Batak book

Abstract

Bruikleencollectie Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen no. 247). It was acquired at an auction by the Koninklijk Instituut (the Royal Institute) in 1781 and came from the estate of a merchant from Zeeland (Voorhoeve 1977:223).A Malay manuscript in Lampung script, Hikayal Nur Muhainmad (Story of the mystic light of Muhammad), was donated to the Bodleian Library in 1630 (manuscript Jav. e.2). Like the pustaha it was written on tree bark and was constructed as a folding book (Gallop and Arps 1991:71).

Manuscripts and cultural identity

“…A description of the production process can be found in Teygeler (1993) and Pudjiastuti (1995: 84-86).…”