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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMD000151/00001
Notes
- Scope and Content:
- This is a typescript of the Utenzi wa Barasisi, which narrates the temptation and demise of the monk Barasisi. MS 210010b provides notes on the story. Lyndon Harries (1964) and Jan Knappert (1999) also discuss the poem; worth noting are comments by Harries on the authorship of the poem, which, he argues, cannot definitely be known. The typescript contains errors, and the page containing verses 110-119 is missing. ( English,English )
- Abstract:
- A Swahili version in verse of the story of Barsisa
- General Note:
- Date of Composition is unknown
- General Note:
- Languages: Swahili (Roman script)
- General Note:
- Poetic Form: Utenzi
- General Note:
- Extent: 21 leaves
- General Note:
- Incipit: Bismillahi ni kwanza, Jina la Mola Aziza, Rahamani naongeza, na r-Rahimu tatia
- General Note:
- See also SOAS University of London manuscript MS 210011a
- General Note:
- The Hichens Papers were donated to SOAS on 17 July 1967
- Bibliography:
- Publication information: Harries, Lyndon. 1964. The legend of the Monk Barsis -- a Swahili Version. African Language Studies 5: 17-33.
- Bibliography:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan (ed). 1964. Utenzi wa Barasisi wa Saidi bin Abdallah Masu’udi. Swahili 34 (2): 28-37.
- Bibliography:
- Publication information: Knappert, Jan. 1999. A Survey of Swahili Islamic Epic Sagas. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen Press; pp. 39-41
- Version Identification:
- Layout: Mistara, black ink
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- This item may be in the public domain. Its status has yet to be assessed.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 210010 ( soas manuscript number )
MS 210010a ( soas manuscript number )
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