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- Record Id:
- 040-002042111
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000150
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126477720.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12348
- Title:
- La Galigo
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments of La Galigo poems, dealing mainly with Tunruangnge-awana-langi' of Wewanriu': A: ff. 1r.-36v. Fragment relating the end of a sumptuous feast. B: ff. 37r.-38. Fragments, in part not belonging to the Tunruangnge-awana-langi' stories. C: ff. 40-58v. Fragment dealing with a visit paid to Tunruangnge-awana-langi' by a prince of Soppeng.
In Bugis language and script.
Described in Matthes, 1875, p. 90; and R. A. Kern, 1939, pp. 1074-5.(This entry from Dr. A. A. Cense.)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
036-002042107
040-002042111 - Is part of:
- Add MS 12273-12401 : Collection of Oriental Manuscripts purchased from John Crawford, Esq., author of the " History of the Indian…
Add MS 12345-12375 : 31 volumes in the Bugis and Arabic languages, captured in 1814, in the palace of the Rajah of Boni, in the island of Celebes
Add MS 12348 : La Galigo - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0072]/036-002042107[0004]/040-002042111
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 61 folios; 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100126477720.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Buginese
- Scripts:
- Buginese
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1814
- Date Range:
- 18th-early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 330 x 210 cm.
61 ff.; European laid paper, chain line shadows, watermarked 'GR' and 'Pro Patria A S' (f. 43 is a piece of thin Chinese paper); pages very smudged and discoloured.
33 lines, with many interlinear annotations; black ink, with some red ink notes around the edges of the pages.
Binding: half brown leather with orange marbled paper boards.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from John Crawfurd, 1842.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 27.
R.A. Kern, I La Galigo: Catalogus der Boegineesche, tot den I La Galigo-cyclus behoorende handschriften bewaard in het Legatum Warnerianum te Leiden alsmede in andere Europeesche bibliotheken. Leiden, 1939.
B.F. Matthes, Kort verslag aangaande alle mij in Europa bekende Makassaarsche en Boegineesche handschriften, vooral die van het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 1875.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)