Golden Letters / Surat Emas

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Bibliography

title:		Golden Letters / Surat Emas
edition:		Annabel Teh Gallop (with Bernard Arps), Golden Letters: Writing Traditions of Indonesia / Surat Emas: Budaya Tulis di Indonesia, London: British Library / Jakarta: Yayasan Lontar, 1991.
manuscripts:		[as listed below].
dates:		1602-1826
provenance:		[as indicated below].
words:		6026 words.
references:		to the numbered letters and paragraphs of Gallop's edition;  with the additional symbols:     0  kepala surat    c  cap    k  colophon / kolofon

 

List of Letters

	#		date	source
	1	Sultan Aceh Iskandar Muda kepada King James I of England →  Wrkh 5   Warisan Warkhah Melayu	1615	Bodleian, MS Laud Or.Rolls b.1
	2	Surat izin berdagang di Aceh →  Wrkh 3   Warisan Warkhah Melayu transliterated by Shellabear, “An Account”, 126-8; spelling modernised; reproduced and glossed by Lewis, Handbook, 143-148.	1602	Bodleian MS Douce Or.e.4
	3	Raja Ambon di Makasar kepada Gubernur, East India Company	20 Syakban 1068 (1658)	BL IOR Original Corresp. E/3/25 f.252r
	4	Sultan Tidore Kaicil Nuku kepada Gubernur Inggris di Bengkulu transliterated by E.U. Kratz	14 Jumadilawal 1199 (1785)	SOAS MS 40320 vol.11 f.151r
	5	Sultan Ternate Kaicil Muhammad Yasin kepada Komisaris Inggris di Ambon	26 Zulhijah 1216 (1802)	BL Add. 18141, f.2r
	6	T.S. Raffles di Melaka kepada raja-raja di Jawa →  Wrkh 38   Warisan Warkhah Melayu	22 Zulkaidah 1225 (1810)	BL MSS Eur. D.742/1, f.132-33
	7	Proklamasi Batavia jatuh	12 August 1811	BL Or.9484
	8	Raja Buleleng kepada T.S. Raffles	1 Safar 1226 (1811)	BL MSS Eur. D.742/1, f.71
	9	Sultan Pontianak Syarif Kasim kepada T.S. Raffles →  Wrkh 47   Warisan Warkhah Melayu	20 Muharram 1226 (1811)	BL MSS Eur. D.742/1, f.33a
	10	Sultan Pontianak Syarif Kasim kepada T.S. Raffles	15 Safar 1229 (1814)	BL MSS Eur. E.378/1
	11	Sultan Pontianak Syarif Uthman kepada Baron van der Capellan	7 Jumadilakhir 1241 (1826)	CUL Or.368b
	12	Sultan Riau-Johor Mahmud Syah kepada T.S. Raffles →  Wrkh 41   Warisan Warkhah Melayu	9 Zulhijah 1225 (1811)	BL MSS Eur. F.148/4, f.105
	13	Sayid Muhammad Zain al-Kudsi di Lingga kepada T.S. Raffles →  Wrkh 42   Warisan Warkhah Melayu	10 Zulhijah 1225 (1811)	BL MSS Eur. F.148/4, f.106
	14	Datuk Suliwatang di Lingga kepada Baron van der Capellan →  Wrkh 80   Warisan Warkhah Melayu	2 Syakban 1239 (1824)	CUL Or.639
	15	Sultan Cakra Adiningrat di Madura kepada T.S. Raffles	14 Muharam 1231 (1816)	BL MSS Eur. E.378/7
	16	Sultan Cakra Adiningrat di Madura kepada Baron van der Capellan	1 Rejab 1241 (1826)	CUL Or.637
	17	Panembahan Sumenep kepada T.S. Raffles	3 Jumadilakhir 1231 (1816)	BL Add.45273, f.28v-29r
	18	Reynier de Klerk di Batavia kepada Sultan Muhammad Bahauddin di Palembang	15 August 1782	BL MSS Eur. D.742/1, f.58-59
	19	Sultan Palembang Husain Diyauddin kepada Guburnur-Jenderal Belanda di Batavia [Baron van der Capellan] →  Wrkh 76   Warisan Warkhah Melayu	2 Syakban 1238 (1823)	CUL Or.640
		BL = British Library, London Bodleian = Bodleian Library, Oxford CUL = Cambridge University Library SOAS = School of Oriental and African Studies, London

 

Editorial remarks:

All the letters are beautifully illustrated in Golden Letters / Surat Emas.

 

References:

Annabel Teh Gallop (with E. Ulrich Kratz), The Legacy of the Malay Letter : Warisan Warkah Melayu,  London: British Library for the National Archives of Malaysia, 1994. Lampiran I: 100 pucuk surat Melayu.

M.B. Lewis, A Handbook of Malay Script, London: Macmillan, 1958.

W.G. Shellabear, “An Account of some of the Oldest Malay Mss. now Extant”, Journal of the Straits Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, 31 (1898): 107-151.

 

Preparation

Added:  Jan 2011

The printed edition was scanned in Canberra by the MCP using Abbyy™ Finereader OCR.