Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2018): HERITAGE OF NUSANTARA

Malay Graffiti In A Nineteenth-Century Lithographed Bombay Qur’an

Wieringa, Edwin (Unknown)

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Publish Date
30 Jun 2018

Abstract

A lithographed copy of the Qur’ān, printed in Bombay (Mumbai, India) in 1881, was bought in Sumatra a few years later by a certain K. Bijls, a Malay-speaking Dutchman who made several markings in it which may be regarded as a form of “graffiti”, in the sense of markings asserting his ownership. This same person most probably also added a marginal calligraphic composition to the text, in a manner that is typical of Malay epistolography, perhaps prompted by an element on the printed page that was unfamiliar to him, hence catching his eye and imagination.

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Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage
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heritage

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Puslitbang Lektur, Khazanah Keagamaan dan Manajemen Organisasi Badan Litbang dan Diklat kementerian Agama RI

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Religion Arts Humanities Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture

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Heritage of Nusantara: International Journal of Religious Literature and Heritage, This journal focuses on religious studies (both contemporary and classical), particularly in the fields of Religious Literature, Cultures, and Heritage in Nusantara and Nusantara (Indonesia), and its relation to the ...