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Review of "Javanese Literature in Surakarta Manuscripts, Volume 1: Introduction and Manuscripts of the Karaton Surakarta. By Nancy K. Florida. Ithaca: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 1993. Pp. 410. Bibliography, Indexes. - Katalog Induk Naskah-Naskah Nusantara. Jilid I. Museum Sonobudoyo Yogyakarta [Comprehensive Catalogue of Manuscripts of the Archipelago. Vol. I. Museum Sonobudoyo, Yogyakarta]. Edited by T.E. Behrend. Jakarta: Djambatan, 1990. Pp. xx, 804. Appendices, Bibliography, Indexes. [In Indonesian.] - Katalog Induk Naskah-Naskah Nusantara. Jilid II. Kraton Yogyakarta [Comprehensive Catalogue of Manuscripts of the Archipelago. Vol. II. Yogyakarta Palace]. Edited by J. Lindsay, R.M. Soetanto and A. Feinstein. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia, 1994. Pp. xv, 330. Introduction (by Sultan Hamengku Buwono X), Appendices, Bibliography, Indexes. [In Indonesian.]"
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There have been numerous previous efforts to furnish scholars with some idea of the range of Indonesian manuscript materials in individual collections. Many great philologists have been engaged in such work: H. Chambert-Loir, H.I.R. Hinzler, C. Hooykaas, L. Manik, F.H. van Naerssen, Th. G. Pigeaud, R.M. Poerbatjaraka, Ph.S. van Ronkel, P. Voorhoeve and P.J. Zoetmulder are the foremost names associated with published Indonesian manuscript catalogues. Catalogues of the Yogyakarta and Surakarta manuscript libraries have previously been compiled by N. Girardet and R.M. Mudjanattistomo, but the works under review here are far more comprehensive.
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