19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters: identification of writing ink and its characteristics
The British Library holds over a hundred Malay composition writings and a few hundreds of Malay letters and reports, dated from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. This research dedicated to examine the writing ink condition in 3 samples of Malay manuscripts and 12 samples of Royal Malay l...
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| author | Abdul Razak, Rajabi Othman, Raihan |
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| description | The British Library holds over a hundred Malay composition writings and a few hundreds of Malay
letters and reports, dated from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. This research
dedicated to examine the writing ink condition in 3 samples of Malay manuscripts and 12 samples
of Royal Malay letters from the British Library collections. They were examined using multispectral
imaging apparatus (non-destructive method) to inspect the physical conditions of the
writings and also to identify the types of pigments/dyes used. The present work emphasizes on
the black ink since it was predominantly used in writings of the early manuscripts. In most of the
19th century Malay manuscripts studied, the black ink writings are still in good conditions. The
fact that these manuscripts survived until today proves the durability and permanency of the
Malay traditional ink. Multispectral analysis, supported by infrared imaging, revealed that all but
two manuscripts, even the Royal Malay letters, were written using carbon black ink that is most
likely produced by the indigenous Malay recipe. |
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| spelling | iium-694082019-01-07T04:23:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/ 19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters: identification of writing ink and its characteristics Abdul Razak, Rajabi Othman, Raihan NA Architecture ND2550 Illuminating of manuscripts and books The British Library holds over a hundred Malay composition writings and a few hundreds of Malay letters and reports, dated from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. This research dedicated to examine the writing ink condition in 3 samples of Malay manuscripts and 12 samples of Royal Malay letters from the British Library collections. They were examined using multispectral imaging apparatus (non-destructive method) to inspect the physical conditions of the writings and also to identify the types of pigments/dyes used. The present work emphasizes on the black ink since it was predominantly used in writings of the early manuscripts. In most of the 19th century Malay manuscripts studied, the black ink writings are still in good conditions. The fact that these manuscripts survived until today proves the durability and permanency of the Malay traditional ink. Multispectral analysis, supported by infrared imaging, revealed that all but two manuscripts, even the Royal Malay letters, were written using carbon black ink that is most likely produced by the indigenous Malay recipe. UMK Press 2018 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/1/69408_19th%20Century%20Malay%20Manuscripts.pdf Abdul Razak, Rajabi and Othman, Raihan (2018) 19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters: identification of writing ink and its characteristics. In: 7th International Seminar On Nusantara Heritage 2018 (7th ISoNH 2018), 23rd Oct. 2018, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. https://isonh2018.wordpress.com/ |
| spellingShingle | NA Architecture ND2550 Illuminating of manuscripts and books Abdul Razak, Rajabi Othman, Raihan 19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters: identification of writing ink and its characteristics |
| title | 19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters:
identification of writing ink and its characteristics |
| title_full | 19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters:
identification of writing ink and its characteristics |
| title_fullStr | 19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters:
identification of writing ink and its characteristics |
| title_full_unstemmed | 19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters:
identification of writing ink and its characteristics |
| title_short | 19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters:
identification of writing ink and its characteristics |
| title_sort | 19th century malay manuscripts and royal malay letters:
identification of writing ink and its characteristics |
| topic | NA Architecture ND2550 Illuminating of manuscripts and books |
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