Pramono

Islamic Manuscript Illumination in Minangkabau: Digital Documentation, Cataloguing, and Public Access

Pramono is a Professor of Manuscript Studies at Universitas Andalas, Indonesia. For more than two decades, he has documented, studied, and worked to preserve Islamic manuscripts in the Minangkabau cultural region of West Sumatra. His research focuses on philology, manuscript culture, Islamic intellectual traditions, and the preservation and creative utilisation of manuscript heritage. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in suraus, mosques, rumah gadang, and private collections, working closely with local communities and manuscript custodians. His current project, “Islamic Manuscript Illumination in Minangkabau: Digital Documentation, Cataloguing, and Public Access,” funded by The Barakat Trust, aims to document illuminated Islamic manuscripts through high-resolution digital imaging, structured cataloguing, motif stylisation, and open-access dissemination.