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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0045 00369

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/833803

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 – 5 – 2488

Copying date in Gregorian:

1937 June 15

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 x 9.5 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 19th of 26 volumes titled “Lie Eng Cun.” It is a folk tale that tells the story of Su Bung learning how to concoct a narcotic. The recipe was destroyed by his wife because it was considered dangerous—the purpose of making the drug was to render someone unconscious and then take the victim to another country to be sold.

Colophon:

7 – 5 – 2488 15 – 6 – 1937 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 stamp of the author that reads: “LIEM KHENG YONG-MAKASSAR.” - The cover is made from newspaper.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᨒᨗ ᨕᨙ ᨌᨘ - ᨔᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨔᨒᨄ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Lie Eng Cun – Sampulo Salapang

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Lie Eng Cun – 19

Item 1 - Author:

Liem Kheng Yong

Item 1 - Language:

Makassar; Chinese