Naskah undang-undang Melaka: Suatu tinjauan
This article results from the writer’s 35 years of research on Undang-Undang Melaka (The Laws of Malacca). It points out that it is not easy to define this body of manuscripts, let alone study them. Firstly, an inventory of the manuscripts had to be made. This undertaking was made difficult by th...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2007
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1101/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1101/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1101/1/Naskah_Undang2_Melaka.pdf |
| Summary: | This article results from the writer’s 35 years of research on Undang-Undang
Melaka (The Laws of Malacca). It points out that it is not easy to define this
body of manuscripts, let alone study them. Firstly, an inventory of the
manuscripts had to be made. This undertaking was made difficult by the fact
that many of them go under a variety of titles. The term Undang-Undang Melaka
itself is known to have fourteen different names. Secondly, one single manuscript
may have multiple distinguishable texts sorted under it. Thirdly, the integrity of
the existing catalogue of manuscripts is very much in question. Fourthly, there
exist manuscripts that are not mentioned in the catalogue. Lastly, new relevant
manuscripts may continue to appear from private collections now and then |
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