The poem tells the story of a nobleman-turned-hermit, , who journeys across Java and Bali on foot and by boat. Bujangga Manik: Or, Java in the Fifteenth Century
: The original consists of 29–30 surviving palm leaves ( lontar ) kept in a black-lacquered teak box. naskah bujangga manik pdf extra quality
Many Indonesian philology students have uploaded "extra quality" PDFs of their theses, complete with photographic appendices. The poem tells the story of a nobleman-turned-hermit,