Islam comes to Java in 15th-16th centuries did not only introduce the religious concepts but also Arabic scripts. The impact of the penetration of Islam was the production of new civilization which is known as Islamic-Javanese civilization. The  Arabic scripts which at first were taught for the sake of understanding Islamic teachings and of writing Islamic text in Arabic, were eventually developed, modified and adapted to the Javanese tongue and then can be used as the tool to write the texts in Javanese literature. This modified Arabic-Javanese script is known as pegon. The original purpose of creating pegon script was related to the mission of spreading Islam but in further development is also functioned as the medium of writing many purposes and interests such as for writing literary texts, documents, private letters, etc
adalah jurnal ilmiah yang dikelola oleh Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara (Manassa), asosiasi profesi pertama dan satu-satunya di Indonesia yang memperhatikan pengkajian dan pelestarian naskah Nusantara. Jurnal ini dimaksudkan sebagai media pembahasan ilmiah dan penyebarluasan hasil penelitian di bidang filologi, kodikologi, dan paleografi. Terbit dua kali dalam setahun.
After the fall of Sriwijaya and the arrival of Islam, in the 18th century Palembang grew to become a renowned centre of Islamic learning. Active royal patronage for visiting Arab scholars led to the emergence of a new generation of local religious scholars and writers, whose many theological and literary works are now held mainly in manuscript collections in the Netherlands and Jakarta. A new catalogue has, for the first time, documented the collections of manuscripts still held in private hands in Palembang itself.
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