PPIM UIN Jakarta, on behalf of Puslitbang Lektur Keagamaan, Balitbang dan Diklat, Ministry of Religious Affairs proudly presents the ‘trial version’ of the Thesaurus of Indonesian Islamic Manuscripts (TIIM). The full version will be officially launched by the Ministry soon.
The TIIM is an online database designed by the Islamic Manuscript Unit (ILMU),
Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM), Syarif Hidayatullah State
Islamic University (UIN) under supervision of Dr. Oman Fathurahman, and fully
supported by the Center for Research and Development of Religious Literatures
(Puslitbang Lektur Keagamaan), Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA).
The TIIM gets supports from experts and researchers specializing in Indonesian
manuscripts officially affiliated with the Indonesian Association for Nusantara
Manuscripts or Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara (MANASSA).
The TIIM is mainly intended to provide information for both public and academic
community on Indonesian Islamic manuscripts as complete as possible, written
both in Arabic and local languages like Acehnese, Buginese, Javanase, Madurese,
Malay, Minangkabau, Sasak, Sundanese, Wolio and others used in a written
literary tradition in Indonesia.
The TIIM also provides some other useful information like the author names with
their biographical accounts, number of copies kept in all libraries around the
world, catalogues that list the related manuscripts including their pages and
summaries, and all the articles and books about them.
The TIIM shows an even greater importance with the availability of information
about the conducted, as well as the ongoing, philological works. If possible,
these works are digitally available and could be downloaded. It is hoped that
not only can it avoid unnecessary repetition in studying these texts but also
fill the gaps found in the previous studies.
Considering a huge number of Indonesian Islamic manuscripts kept around the
world, mounting to hundred thousand manuscripts or even more, as it is thought,
the TIIM is definitely a lifetime project in which all data will be continuously
revised and completed in accordance with the research findings in the future.
If you have any research data and information should be included in the
database, please contact Dr. Oman Fathurahman (omanwae@gmail.com). Any comments and advices are welcome.
Here is the link:
http://tiim.ppim.or.id/
