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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0045 00102

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/833536

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Makassar (Sulawesi Selatan)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Go Lan Ing

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Literature

Copyist:

Anonymous

Script:

Lontara; Hanzi

Writing support:

Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

22.5 x 12 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

23 x 12.5 cm

Text block dimension:

19.5 x 9.5 cm

Number of pages:

82 pages

Number of blank pages:

1 page

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is the first of 93 volumes. The manuscript, titled “Tang Le Keng,” is a folk tale referred to as Tong Ko Ci, which tells the story of the escape of a scholar named Sinae Eyang Sing Se.

Other notes:

The writing is dominated by the Lontara Makassarese script, with some characters modified by Liem Kheng Yong, and features a combination with Hanzi. Initially, this manuscript was rented out to the Peranakan Chinese community. It is adapted from a Chinese folk legend. There is a red stamp of the author that reads: “LIEM KHENG YONG-MAKASSAR.”

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᨈ ᨒᨙ ᨀᨙ - ᨔᨙᨑᨙᨊ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Tang Le Keng - Sekrena

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Tang Le Keng -1

Item 1 - Author:

Liem Kheng Yong

Item 1 - Language:

Makassar; Chinese