Magic and Divination in Malay Illustrated Manuscripts.

Intro -- Magic and Divination in Malay Illustrated Manuscripts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes to the Reader -- List of Figures and Tables -- Maps -- PART 1: Introduction and Background -- 1: Introduction: Malay Magic and Divination Manuscripts -- Malay Magic and Divination Manuscripts -- Importance of the Art -- 2: Malay Magic and Divination -- The Malay Spirit World -- Magic and Divination -- Magicians and Shamans -- Tools of the Magician -- Islamic Attitudes towards the Practice of Magic -- PART 2: The Manuscripts -- 3: Early Manuscripts and European Collecting Activities -- Manuscripts during the Srivijaya Period (Seventh to Thirteenth Centuries) -- Magic and Divination Manuscripts from the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- Later European Collecting Activities and Scholarship -- 4: Material and Format -- European Paper and Watermarks -- The Folding-Book Format -- Binding and Covers -- Colophons, Seals and Other Documentary Evidence -- Inks and Colours -- 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 -- 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 -- 7: Production, Patronage and Consumption -- Professional Magicians -- Female Magicians -- The Religious Milieu and Pondok Schools -- Royal Patrons and 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 -- 8: Conclusion -- Appendix: Catalogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book offers an integrated study of the texts and images in illustrated Malay manuscripts on magic and divination from private and public collections in Malaysia, the UK and Indonesia. Richly illustrated, it contains rare examples of Malay painting, many of them published here for the first time.

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