Putting together a museum exhibit linking Java keris to Philippine kris

fernando · 27th June 2010, 01:31 PM

Portuguese touched Jawa for the first time in 1512, after taking over Malaca.

We can read comments about local weapons, by period chroniclers:
(Strict translation)
Every Jaoa man, be him rich or poor, will have in his house cris and lance and dagger.
(Tomé Pires 1465-1524 or 40).

The crises (plural for cris) serve them as daggers serve for us; they bring scimitars like the Turks.
(Castanheda 1500-1559).

Concerning races:
(period terminology)
There were in Jawa gentiles and moors; the first inhabited the bush, the late inhabited the coast.
(Duarte Barbosa - 1521, among others).

From the XVI century Portuguese codice kept at Casanatence library, we can see in one of the famous water colours, that the peoples of the Kingdom of Jawa (Jaoa) were called Jaos (at least) by the portuguese.

Fernando

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27th June 2010, 01:31 PM	#30
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Just for perusal Portuguese touched Jawa for the first time in 1512, after taking over Malaca. We can read comments about local weapons, by period chroniclers: (Strict translation) Every Jaoa man, be him rich or poor, will have in his house cris and lance and dagger. (Tomé Pires 1465-1524 or 40). The crises (plural for cris) serve them as daggers serve for us; they bring scimitars like the Turks. (Castanheda 1500-1559). Concerning races: (period terminology) There were in Jawa gentiles and moors; the first inhabited the bush, the late inhabited the coast. (Duarte Barbosa - 1521, among others). From the XVI century Portuguese codice kept at Casanatence library, we can see in one of the famous water colours, that the peoples of the Kingdom of Jawa (Jaoa) were called Jaos (at least) by the portuguese. Fernando . Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 27th June 2010 at 04:49 PM.