Part of the La Galigo poems, containing the story of the conflict between the brothers Lebarisompa and La Ma'galatung. In Bugis language and script. The MS is described in R. A. Kern, 1939, pp. 1075-6. See Matthes, 1875, p. 92. (This entry from Dr. A. A. Cense.)
Diary of Sultan Ahmad al-Salih of Bone, 1775 to 1795
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On f.2r a pencilled note, 'Personal diaries of the Rajah of Bone, 1774-1814. 4 vols. [Add.] 12354-12356', but the series also includes Add. 12357 and Add. 12350. Written in Bugis. From the notes it is clear that the Arumpone (sultan) was the keeper of the diary; in the first half of 1775 he is ...
Collection of short tracts and formulae, mostly in Buginese, used in Sufi orders (tarīka) in South Celebes, especially in Naksh(i)bandīya circles, in the second half of the 18th century. On f. 13v. it is stated that the foregoing was written in Palopo, 4 Jum. II A.H. 1172 [A.D. 1759]. Kasaba...
Fragment of a Buginese translation of the Malay Hikayat Isma Yatim. Divided into qiṣṣas and bābs. It begins abruptly in midsentence, telling how the children of notable people liked to go about with Isma Yatim and how their fathers and mothers loved him. The MS runs to what seems to be the origi...
Texts in Bugis language and script. A: ff. 2r.-27r., 27v.-30r. Tracts on medical treatment of various diseases. B: ff. 30r.-31r. Amulet with the names of the Seven Sleepers and their dog (Buginese Kahapĕ’e, Arabic Aṣhāb al-kahf). C: ff. 31, 32v. Formulae against evil spirits, wild animals, and ...
Treatises and teachings on diseases and medications (ff. 2r.-3r., 3v.-28r., 29r.-30r., 30v.-33r., 33v., 34v., 35v., 40r., 40v.-41v., 43-45, 67v., 78v.). Charms (ff. 44, 46r.-48r.). In Makasarese, words written on a sinto strip of palmleaf used for making a cracking noise above the head of a pati...
