“Illustrated Manuscripts from Yogyakarta and the Attire the Figures on the Illustrations Wear”

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Dr Dick van der Meij, DREAMSEA’s Academic Advisor and Liaison Officer was invited to deliver a lecture during the International Symposium on Royal Attire and Civilization at the Royal Ambarrukmo Hotel in Yogyakarta from 9-10 March 2020. He delivered his lecture entitled “Illustrated Manuscripts from Yogyakarta and the Attire the Figures on the Illustrations Wear” on 9 March.

He presented some of the results and the questions that came up during his philological investigation of the figures and their attire as found in illustrations in a number of manuscripts from Central Java preserved in collections in Berlin and Leiden. At the end of the session he was presented by a souvenir by Princess Gusti Kangjeng Ratu Hayu, one of the Sultan’s daughters.

The symposium was held by the Palace of Yogyakarta at the Royal Ambarrukmo Hotel and was part of a series of events on the 31st annual commemoration of the coronation of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta.

Mayur Wiranegara, Patih Danurja and Residen Semisar. Babad Diponegoro, collection Leiden University Libraries D Or 13.
Further information about the symposium click here.

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