Serat Tjokrowati

The opening section of the manuscript provides information about the title and a brief overview of its contents, which focus on the Javanese calendrical system. The middle part elaborates on the Masa Purwa, referring to the primordial era in Javanese time reckoning. The final section explains a system of year calculation that is believed to have begun 2,673 years before the birth of the Prophet Isa (Jesus).

Extent: 1 bundle of manuscripts on European paper.

Size and dimensions of original material: Height 32,5cm, width 20,5cm, depth 1,6cm.

Condition of original material: The ink has corroded and caused broken paper.