Bujangga Manik

Or, Java in the Fifteenth Century

AvAlexander Joseph West

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Del 39 i serien Bibliotheca Indonesica

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Beskrivning

Bujangga Manik is a narrative poem in Old Sundanese which opens a window onto the world of late-15th-century maritime Southeast Asia. The poem describes the spiritual development of a young man from Pakañcilan, in what is now West Java, as he walks and sails across and around Java and Bali, culminating with his death in a mountainside hermitage and ascension to heaven. This volume is an exemplary edition of Bujangga Manik, complete with a revised transliteration; a new English translation; detailed descriptions of the manuscript, script, and language; and an extensive commentary on the poem’s contents, from its setting and characters to its descriptions of ocean-going ships, houses, furniture, perfumes, and much else.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-12
Mått:155 x 235 x 29 mm
Vikt:739 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bibliotheca Indonesica
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004678095

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Mer om författaren

Alex West lives in Lisbon and works as a freelance writer and translator. He has a Ph.D from Leiden University (2021); his dissertation won an Erasmus Dissertation Prize in 2022.

Innehållsförteckning

A Note on the TextAcknowledgementList of FiguresList of TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Background2 Sunda3 Approaching Bujangga Manik1 Codicology, Palaeography, and Language1 Codicology2 Palaeography3 Language2 Transliteration and Translation3 Place in Bujangga Manik1 Listing Places2 Toponyms and Routes4 People in Bujangga Manik1 Titles and Kinship Terms2 The Characters5 Travelling by Sea1 The Ships2 The Crews and Their Tools6 Things in Bujangga Manik1 Plants and Animals2 Metals and Miscellaneous ItemsEpilogueAppendix A: Primary Source CitationsAppendix B: Placenames and Placename ElementsAppendix C: Plant and Animal Species and ProductsBibliographyManuscriptsIndex