Magic and Divination in Malay Illustrated Manuscripts

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30164-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 205 mm x 273 mm, Gewicht: 1459 g

Reihe: Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World

This book offers an integrated study of the texts and images of illustrated Malay manuscripts on magic and divination from private and public collections in Malaysia, the UK and Indonesia. Containing some of the rare examples of Malay painting, these manuscripts provide direct evidence for the intercultural connections between the Malay region, other parts of Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. In this richly illustrated volume many images and texts are gathered for the first time, making this book essential reading for all those interested in the practice of magic and divination, and the history of Malay, Southeast Asian and Islamic manuscript art.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yahya, Farouk

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Magie, Alchemie und Hermetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Asiatische Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen: Religiöse Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Farouk Yahya, Ph.D. (2013), SOAS, University of London, is Senior Teaching Fellow at this university. He was assistant curator of the exhibition The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections (2014-16) in the Brunei Gallery, SOAS.