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Southeast Asia
The current collection comprises about 18.000 manuscripts from Indonesia, a few manuscripts from other parts of Southeast Asia, about 25.000 photographs, mainly archaeological, and a large number of printed works on Southeast Asia. The basis of the manuscript collection was laid in the 19th century when major collections such as those of the Delft and Leiden institutions for the training of civil servants in the Netherlands Indies, and the bequest of H.N. van der Tuuk were added to the few Indonesian manuscripts that had entered the collection earlier. In the 20th century the collection of Indonesian manuscripts grew, among others through the bequest of C. Snouck Hurgronje, and the 'Proyek Tik' in Bali. The manuscripts are from various parts of Indonesia and are written in Arabic or in one of the 37 Indonesian languages represented, among which Acehnese, Balinese, Batak, Buginese and Makasarese, Javanese, Madurese, Malay, Javanese, Rejang, and Sundanese. Click here for some examples. The majority of the photographs were made by the Archaeological Service in the Netherlands Indies between 1901 and 1955 (OD photographs). They depict mainly remains from Indonesia's ancient Hindu-Buddhist culture (gold, silver, and bronze sculptures and utensils; stone and terracotta statues; temples and other monuments in overviews and in details). The collection also includes a set of photographs depicting Islamic gravestones in northern Sumatra (Pase and Aceh) - also made by the Archaeological Service in the Netherlands Indies -, miscelleneous photographs in various albums, and a set of 100 slides of Mainland Southeast Asian monuments. The collection of printed materials
focuses on the languages, literatures, and
cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania. It
includes publications in and about the
various languages of Southeast Asia and
Oceania (Austronesian and Non-Austronesian
languages of Insular Southeast Asia,
Madagascar, and the Pacific; Mainland
Southeast Asian languages); modern Malaysian
and Indonesian literature and studies on
these literatures; modern literature in
Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Thai; editions and/or
translations of ancient texts, mainly in
Malay and other Indonesian languages;
publications on the oral traditions of
Southeast Asia; and various
culture-historical studies pertaining to
Southeast Asia. Access to the collections The manuscript collections are described in printed catalogues, which are published in the series Codices Manuscripti. A list of the available catalogues:
Other catalogues describing the collection:
To order microfilms of manuscripts,
please contact: velde@library.leidenuniv.nl The OD photographs are described in the Oudheidkundige Verslagen van den Oudheidkundige Dienst in Nederlandsch-Indië. They are also described in a database, which can be consulted at the Oriental Department of the Leiden University Library. Microfiches of the photographs and the descriptions have been published by IDC. To order reproductions of photographs,
please contact: velde@library.leidenuniv.nl The collection of printed books is
accessible through an Online Public Access
Catalogue. In the transliteration of
non-Latin script material the Leiden
University Library follows the national Pica
conventions. For Thai the transliteration
system of the Library
of Congress is followed. See: Barry,
Randall K. (comp. and ed.), ALA-LC
romanization tables: transliteration schemes
for non-Roman scripts. Washington:
Library of Congress, 1997.
Staff members are engaged in research on the collections, the results of which are published in series like "Manuscripta Indonesica: Basic tools of research" (Leiden 1993). The staff of the Oriental Department participate in courses organized by the Leiden Centre for the Book, concentrating on Oriental codicology and history of the book.
At the Faculty of Arts, courses on the languages and cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania are concentrated at the Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania (TCZOAO). Research is concentrated at the Research School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies (CNWS).
Please check the following page for information on libraries, bookshops, research institutes focusing on Southeast Asia: Internet sites on Southeast Asia
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