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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Main Authors:	Abdul Razak, Rajabi, Othman, Raihan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	UMK Press 2018
Subjects:	NA Architecture ND2550 Illuminating of manuscripts and books
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/1/69408_19th%20Century%20Malay%20Manuscripts.pdf

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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 Conference or Workshop Item 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/
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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
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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Razak, Rajabi Othman, Raihan
author_facet	Abdul Razak, Rajabi Othman, Raihan
author_sort	Abdul Razak, Rajabi
title	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_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_sort	19th century malay manuscripts and royal malay letters: identification of writing ink and its characteristics
publisher	UMK Press
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/1/69408_19th%20Century%20Malay%20Manuscripts.pdf
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19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters: identification of writing ink and its characteristics

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