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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0045 00215

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/833649

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Makassar (Sulawesi Selatan)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Go Lan Ing

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Secular Literary Work, Book

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

30 – 5 – 2477

Copying date in Gregorian:

1926 July 09

Script:

Lontarak; Hanzi

Writing support:

Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

23 X 12.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

23 X 12.5 cm

Text block dimension:

19.5 x 9 cm

Number of pages:

76 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Poor

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is the 21st of 79 volumes. The manuscript, titled “Sam Po Kong,” is folk tale that tells the story of a fight broke out between three Hoang Yang heroes, lasting from midday until the following day without pause. However, they eventually realized that if it did not stop, the city would fall into chaos.

Colophon:

Hua 30 – 5 – 2477 He 9 – 7 – 1926 Niyak Sambungna

Other notes:

- The writing is dominated by the Lontarak 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 author’s stamp, but it has faded. - There is no front cover. - Several pages at the beginning are torn and missing. - The intact pages begin at page 13 of the text.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᨔᨄᨚᨀᨚ - ᨑᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨔᨙᨑᨙ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sam Po Kong – Ruwangpulo Sekre

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Sam Po Kong – 21

Item 1 - Author:

Liem Kheng Yong

Item 1 - Language:

Makassar; Chinese