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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0045 00497

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/833931

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

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:

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 seventh of 19 volumes titled “Ce Si Ao Tong.” It is a folk tale that tells the story of Tiong Kung Koang, who received orders to prepare thirty tables, five large flagpoles, and various other items. At the same time, eight boys were secretly taken out of the city to Cilipo to set up a stage.

Other notes:

- The writing is dominated by the Lontarak Makassarese script, with some characters modified by Liem Kheng Yong. - 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 colophon page is missing.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᨌᨙᨔᨗᨕᨕᨚᨈᨚ - ᨆᨀᨈᨘᨍᨘᨊ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Ce Si Ao Tong – Makatujuna

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Ce Si Ao Tong – 7

Item 1 - Author:

Liem Kheng Yong

Item 1 - Language:

Makassar; Chinese