6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies 62 Alexander Ogloblin Two Javanese Manuscripts from the Collection of the Institute of Oriental ManuscriptsRAS The paper offers a description of two manuscripts in the Javanese language, Indonesia, stored at the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Saint Petersburg. One of them, not dated, was written by a certain Pun Brataatmaja presumably in the 19 th or early in the 20 th c. It contains a scenario (pakem) for shadow theatre ( wayang ) performance entitled Lampahan Pregiwa “Pregiwa’s Adventures”. It is a kind of medieval sitcom with characters’ names, but not a plot, of Old Indian provenance. Notes in French refer to an order to produce this MS for Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, maybe by an acquaintance of a Russian scholar. The second MS belongs to the specific poetical genre ( suluk ) explaining Islamic principles and rules for a devout Muslim. It is compiled by a certain Kalipabutun, a son of a mosque head ( pangulu ), and is dated the early 17 th c. (1538 according to the Javanese Saka calendar). The paper will focus on details of the lay-out, physical condition, writing script, wording and orthography of this manuscript. Key words: Javanese manuscripts, shadow theatre, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, poetical genre suluk, Javanese paleography.