Title: Chronicle of a Javanese Court in Yogyakarta

Description

• This illuminated page in Javanese script is from a chronicle of a Javanese court in Yogyakarta. Located in central Java, Yogyakarta was one of two main pre-colonial royal cities in Java and a center of Javanese culture. The history of local leaders and royal families was recorded in chronicles such as this one. The document is from the collections of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden.

Language

• Javanese

Place

• Southeast Asia > Indonesia > Yogyakarta

Time

• 1800 CE - 1849 CE

Topic

• Language > Other languages > Austronesian & other languages
• History & geography > History of Asia > Southeast Asia

Additional Subjects

• Chronicles;
• Illuminations

Type of Item

• Manuscripts

Physical Description

• 1 manuscript : illuminations ; 43 x 29 centimeters

Institution

• Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and the Caribbean Studies KITLV