Syair Kerajaan Bima

bibliography

text notes

list of words in this text

    combined list of words in Bima texts

list of rhyme words

Bibliography

title:		Syair Kerajaan Bima
edition:		Henri Chambert-Loir (ed.), Syair Kerajaan Bima, Jakarta: Ecole français d'Extrême Orient, 1982.  Naskah dan dokimen Nusantara III.
manuscript:		Cod.Or. 6726, Leiden University Library.
dates:		text:  about 1830;    manuscript:  1857.
provenance:		text:  Bima, composed by by Lukman, the khatib;    manuscript:  copied by Muhammad Hasan for Mr. Misor [?], a Dutchman.
words:		8822 words, comprising 1938 verses.
references:		to the numbered stanzas (1-487) and verses of the printed edition.

 

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.