PK2-03 - Eskaya manuscripts from Biabas, Bohol

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These documents were photographed or scanned in Biabas with the assistance of Juan Datahan (with the exception of PK2-03-MANBIAB12 which was photographed in Tagbilaran). Many of the texts had been brought to Juan from others in the village for the purposes of being digitised but their scribes were not identified. PK2-03-MANBIAB01: A transcript of PK2-03-MANBIAB02 (transcribed by Piers Kelly in 2011) PK2-03-MANBIAB02: A rare romanised wordlist written by Sisinia Datahan Peligro(photographed in 2011) PK2-03-MANBIAB03: Notebook belonging to Rustica Palma (photographed in 2011). Some the pages are poorly reproduced due to fading daylight and fading camera batteries. Digital pages 19-41 are the biography of Mariano Datahan, with Eskayan on left pages and Visayan on right pages. PK2-03-MANBIAB04: Eskaya flags with embroidered text (photographed June 2006) PK2-03-MANBIAB05: Notebook in possession of Juan Datahan including the Simplet, Nuku Tumaw and other texts (photographed June 2006) PK2-03-MANBIAB06: a phrasebook and dictionary including English sentences in the possession of Juan Datahan (scribe unknown, photographed June 2006) PK2-03-MANBIAB07: a notebook (photographed June 2006, scribe unknown) PK2-03-MANBIAB08: a notebook of various texts (photographed June 2006, scribe unknown) PK2-03-MANBIAB09: the expository text Atikisis (photographed July 2006, scribe unknown) PK2-03-MANBIAB10: another example of Atikisis (photographed July 2006, scribe unknown) PK2-03-MANBIAB11: unknown text (photographed July 2006, scribe unknown) PK2-03-MANBIAB12: the Castañares Manuscript housed in Bohol Provincial Museum, probably handwritten in Biabas then brought to Taytay (photographed 19 April 2006; for more information see http://bravenewwords.info/2014/12/06/depositors-diary-the-castanares-manuscript/). Language as given: Eskayan