Vat.ind.4
- Shelfmark
- Vat.ind.4 (details)
- Title
- The Maritime Law according to the constitution of the King of Melaka Sultan Mahmud
- Date
- 1656
- Incipit
- (f.IIr) Jus maritimum secundum constitutiones Regis Malacarum Sultani Mahmoud
- Notes
"The introduction explains that the text was written in 4 Jumad al-awal 1066 (1 March 1656 CE), but promulgated during the reign of Sultan Mahmud Shah in Melaka (1488- 1511).2 This well-written 1656 text is then the earliest extant version of the Undang- undang Melaka."
See Igunma, J. (n.d.). "The beautiful art of Tai palm leaf manuscripts". Retrieved June 19, 2020, from https://www.academia.edu/33094822/The_beautiful_art_of_Tai_palm_leaf_manuscripts. p. 56
- Digitized
- 26th week of 2020