(7 Aug 2024) The National Library [of Indonesia] has surpassed Leiden University Library to become the world’s largest repository of Sundanese manuscripts.
The library’s collection has been boosted to over one thousand items by the recent acquisition of 536 ancient manuscripts from French researcher Viviane Sukanda Tessier and her partner R. Haris Sukanda Natasasmita.
“We now surpass Leiden University Library’s collection of 785 similar manuscripts,” E. Aminudin Aziz, Acting Head of the National Library, stated at a press conference in Jakarta, Wednesday.
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