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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0010 00014

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/513066

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Baubau (Sulawesi Tenggara)

Name of collection:

Private collection of La Ode Zaenu

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Shelfmark:

MLZ 14

Subject matter:

Cosmology

Begin Year Date:

1800

End Year Date:

1900

Script:

Jawi

Writing support:

European paper

Watermark?:

Yes

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript paper dimension:

20 x 15 cm

Text block dimension:

16 x 10 cm

Number of pages:

42 pages

Rubrication?:

Yes

Illumination?:

Yes

Illustration?:

Yes

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

The text discusses the essence of human of life which consists of four substances: water, fire, wind and soil that are symbolized by a picture of a flower at the end of the text.

Other notes:

Apart from the illustration at the end there are also several unfinished sketches. The manuscript is incomplete as pages at the beginning are missing. The text is written without the use of diacritics.

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Item 1 - Title in English script:

[The Four Substances of Life]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Malay