The shadow of the ivory tree
Subtitle: language, literature, and history in Nusantara
By: J.J. Ras
Series: Semaian -- 6
Publisher: Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van Zuidoost- Azië en Oceanië, Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Javanese philology; Historiography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-327).

English and Dutch.
Table of contents: title: Klankverschuiving in het Maleis; title: Lange consonanten in enige Indonesische talen : dubbel geschreven mediale consonanten; title: The historical development of the Javanese shadow-theatre; title: De clownfiguren in de wayang; title: The Panji romance and W.H. Rasser's analysis of its theme; title: Hofdichters op Java in de Hindoe-Javaanse tijd (negende tot zestiende eeuw); title: The Babad Tanah Jawi and its reliability :  questions of content, structure , and function; title: Hikayat Banjar and Pararaton : a structural comparison of two chronicles; title: The genesis of the Babad Tanah Jawi :  origin and function of the Javanese court chronicle; title: Javanese tradition on the coming of Islam; title: De beoefening van het Javaans in Indonesië en Nederland.