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Record Id:

040-002042129

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002042030

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000161

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100126476719.0x000001

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Format:

ISAD(G)

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Title:

Bugis treatises on firearms and gunnery

Scope & Content:

Collection of small treatises on firearms, gunnery, etc., and teachings about mystical conceptions connected with military science. The treatises which are translations from Western (Portuguese and Spanish) sources and some of those from Malay works are identical to those found in Add. 12358. A: ff. 2r.-7r. Abransu Farguru. B: ff. 8v.-9r. Fahalajun Ahmad and Ance' Lati'. C: ff. 10r.-17r. Haji Bankatasi. D: ff. 18r.-25r. Andarae Ri Monyona. E: ff. 25r.-33r. Juan Di Moya. F: ff. 38v.-42v. Several tracts and teachings, showing a peculiar mixture of military knowledge, mystical conceptions, and well-known mystical sayings. E.g. the teachings of Tuang riBantang (i.e. Shaikh Yusuf, the famous Makasarese saint who lived in Bantĕn in the second half of the 17th century) on the mystical state of mind required of a person who is going to fire. G: ff. 82v.-85r. A poem (tolo'). H: ff. 89v.-96r. A poem composed by Arung Palakka at the time when Sidenreng and Soppeng were preparing for war. Cf. RAS Buginese Bugis 1, pp. 41-53.

In Bugis language and script.

f. 98v: the final page has a drawing of a flower in black ink.

(This description from Dr. A. A. Cense.)

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts
Bugis and Makassar manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002042030
036-002042107
040-002042129

Is part of:

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Add MS 12365 : Bugis treatises on firearms and gunnery

Hierarchy:

032-002042030[0072]/036-002042107[0020]/040-002042129

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

98 folios; 1 volume

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Buginese

Scripts:

Buginese

Start Date:

1750

End Date:

1814

Date Range:

Late 18th-early 19th century

Era:

Place of Origin:

Indonesia

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 350 x 230 mm. 98 ff.; (many blank, including 45-81, 86-88, 97). Dutch paper, watermarked: 'Honig', ’JH & Z', ‘J Honig & Zoonen’, floral shield with beehive in centre.

Binding: half brown leather binding with orange marbled paper boards.

Custodial History:

Old label: Bugis 21

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased from John Crawfurd, 1842.

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 31.

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, p. 95.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)