PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTES TO THE READER
Abbreviations
Translations and Transliterations
MAPS
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Malay Magic and Divination Manuscripts
Malay Magic and Divination Manuscripts
Importance of the Art Contained
CHAPTER 2: Malay Magic And Divination
The Malay Spirit World
Magic and Divination
Magicians and Shamans
Tools of the Magician
PART II: THE MANUSCRIPTS
CHAPTER 3: Early Manuscripts and European Collecting Activities
Manuscripts during the Srivijaya Period
Magic and Divination Manuscripts from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Later European Collecting Activities and Scholarship
CHAPTER 4: Material and Format
European Paper and Watermarks
The Folding-book Format
Binding and Covers
Colophons, Seals and Other Documentary Evidence
Inks and Colours
CHAPTER 5: The Contents: Texts and Images
Relationship between Text and Image
Some Issues Regarding the Sources of the Contents
Titles, Opening Statements and Arrangement of the Texts
Magical Rites
Divinatory Techniques
CHAPTER 6: The Art: Iconography, Style and Illumination
General Remarks on the Illustrations and Diagrams
Anthropomorphic Beings
Animals
Buildings
Talismanic Designs
Illumination and Decorative Elements
Chinese and Western Influences and the Impact of Printing and Photography
CHAPTER 7: Production, Patronage and Consumption
Professional Magicians
Female Magicians
The Religious Milieu and Pondok Schools
Patronage of the Royal Courts and the State Magicians
Commissions by European Colonial Collectors
Printed Books on Magic and Divination during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Magic And Divination Manuscripts and Books during the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-first Centuries
CHAPTER 8: Conclusion
APPENDIX: Catalogue
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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