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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0045 00260

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/833694

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:

7 – 8 – 2477

Copying date in Gregorian:

1926 September 13

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:

84 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is the 66th of 79 volumes. The manuscript, titled “Sam Po Kong,” is folk tale that tells the story of a place of worship for Muslims visited by righteous people and guarded by two black tigers. The mosque in question is the one in Medina that contains the tomb of Prophet Muhammad. This mosque is referred to as Ti Yang Tong Mosque.

Colophon:

Niyak Sambungna Hua 7 – 8 – 2477 He 13 – 9 – 1926

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.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᨔᨄᨚᨀᨚ - ᨕᨊᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨂᨊ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sam Po Kong – Annangpulo Ngannang

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Sam Po Kong – 66

Item 1 - Author:

Liem Kheng Yong

Item 1 - Language:

Makassar; Chinese