Syair Kerajaan Bima
bibliography
text notes
list of words
list of rhyme words

Bibliography

The MCP text
 Based on:
Syair Kerajaan Bima, ed. Henri Chambert Loir, Jakarta: Ecole français d'Extrême Orient, 1982.  Naskah dan dokimen Nusantara III.
 Location references:
to the numbered stanzas (1-487) and verses of the printed edition.
 Statistics:
8846 words, comprising 1942 verses
 
Underlying manuscript
Cod.Or. 6726, Leiden University Library.
 Date:
of the manuscript:  1857
of the text:  about 1830
 Provenance:
of the manuscript:  copied by Muhammad Hasan for Mr. Misor [?], a Dutchman.
of the text:  by Lukman, the khatib, on Bima.
 
Editorial notes
Chambert-Loir's text is a diplomatic edition based on the unique manuscript.  The edition is meticulously annotated, but only a selection of the notes are attached to the MCP text.
 Bibliography:
Henri Cahmbert-Loir, "Les sources malaises de l'histoire de Bima", Archipel  20 (1980): 269-280.
 
Preparation 
Added:  1999 - April 2000
A draft digital text was provided by Henri Chambert-Loir.  The published text was scanned in Canberra using Recognita™ OCR and checked against the draft.  It was then adapted to the MCP format.