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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0025 00001

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/520643

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Indramayu (Jawa Barat)

Name of collection:

Private collection of Ki Dalang Karta

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Begin Year Date:

1850

End Year Date:

1950

Script:

Javanese

Writing support:

Unlined paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

No

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript paper dimension:

23 x 16 cm

Text block dimension:

17 x 12.5 cm

Number of pages:

158 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

Nyi Roro Santang, the younger sister of Raden Walang Sungsang better known as Ki Kuwu Sangkan, the son of Prabu Siliwangi Pajajaran is finally married to Sultan Hut of Egypt. She will shortly deliver her son, Sharif Hidayatullah or Sunan Gunungjati, the ruler of Cirebon. His brother will continue the dynasty of his father, the King of Egypt. In spreading Islam over Java, Sunan Gunungjati joins the Walisanga.

Other notes:

The manuscript is incomplete because of many missing pages and the text ends abruptly. The puppeteer Ki Karta used this manuscript for his wayang golek cepak Indramayu performances. Many pages are damaged with loss of text. The text is written in Javanese tĕmbang macapat poetic form.

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Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Sharif Hidayatullah: The Cirebon Chronicle for the Golek-Cepak Puppet play Menggeneng-Terisi]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Javanese