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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0045 00490

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/833924

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:

23 – 11 – 2479

Copying date in Gregorian:

1929 January 03

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 8.5 cm

Number of pages:

86 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is the final of 21 volumes titled “Si Jin Kui.” It is a folk tale that tells the story of Liao Ang Goe as he escorted his wife and children to resume or continue his position, and of Si Jin Kui, who met two young women along with his two wives.

Colophon:

23 – 11 – 2479 3 – 1 – 1929 Tammakmi

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.” - There is additional text on folio 42v written in Latin script using blue ink.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᨔᨗᨍᨗᨀᨘᨕᨗ - ᨑᨘᨓᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨔᨙᨑᨙ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Si Jin Kui – Ruwangpulo Sekre

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Si Jin Kui – 21

Item 1 - Author:

Liem Kheng Yong

Item 1 - Language:

Makassar; Chinese