Malay letter to James I from the Sultan, 1615
Dates
- Creation: 1615
Extent
1 roll
Language of Materials
- Malay
Shelfmark
OR. long B. 159
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘D 152’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 919
For a full description in English, see:Greentree, R., and E. W. B. Nicholson, Catalogue of Malay Manuscripts and Manuscripts Relating to the Malay Language in the Bodleian Library (1 vol., Oxford, 1910), no. 7
Custodial History
Manuscript 1753 acquired by the Bodleian Library. Old shelfmarks MS. Laud Or. b. 1 (R) still on box.
Repository Details
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