19th Century Malay manuscripts and royal Malay letters: identification of writing ink and its characteristics

• 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/69408/1/69408_19th%20Century%20Malay%20Manuscripts.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/69408/; https://isonh2018.wordpress.com/

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...