The Centhini story the Javanese journey of life : based on the original Serat Centhini Tapa dura - 2006

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2006. First edition (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 19cm), 400pp. Illustrated throughout in colour from photographs by Fendi Siregar. Original laminated boards, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 9812329757

Singapore: Marshall Cavendish.. 2007. Map, colour photographic plates, 400pp, index, 25.5 x 19cm. A fine copy in dustwrapper. "Serat Centhini on which this volume is based, is one of Indonesia's oldest surviving manuscripts. Dating back to 1814, it is an encyclopaedic work written in the form of poetry and song by court scholars of the Surakarta royal palace. It was inspired by prince A. A. Mangkunegoro III, who later become King Paku Buwono V of the Surakarta kingdom. The original 12 volumes no longer exist and the reason behind their loss is a mystery, but exact copies made in the late 1800s are housed in the Netherlands and in the royal libraries of Java. Serat Centhini contains a vast amount of Javanese knowledge and lessons framed in the travel stories of three royal children. It encompasses art, music, dance, ceremonies, divination, magic, eroticism, the human life cycle and human nature, religion, spiritualism and mysticism, as well as practical matters concerning housing and health. The… Leer más