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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0045 00591

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/834025

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:

26 – 3 – 2479

Copying date in Gregorian:

1928 May 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:

19.5 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 40th volume out of 110 volumes. The manuscript, titled “Si Pu Co Ang,” contains a folk tale letter that tells the story of a character named Hu Beng, who was captured and had his belongings looted. He was taken hostage by being tied with a rope and tethered inside a building.

Colophon:

Niyak inja sambungna 26– 3 – 2479 15 – 5 – 1928

Other notes:

- Volume 32 was destroyed by termites. Volumes 51–110 are missing. - The information about the total number of volumes (110) comes from the list of works by Liem Kheng Yong found at the end of each volume. - 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.”

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᨔᨗᨄᨘᨌᨚᨕ - ᨄᨈᨄᨘᨒᨚᨊ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Si Pu Co Ang – Patangpulona

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Si Pu Co Ang – 40

Item 1 - Author:

Liem Kheng Yong

Item 1 - Language:

Makassar; Chinese