Lontara manuscripts

E518361

Lontara manuscripts are traditional Bugis script documents from South Sulawesi that record histories, genealogies, laws, and religious and cultural knowledge.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lontara chronicles 1
Lontara manuscripts canonical 1

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archival record
cultural heritage
historical document
manuscript tradition
alsoUsedForLanguage Makassarese language NERFINISHED
Mandar language
associatedWithCountry Indonesia NERFINISHED
associatedWithEthnicGroup Bugis people NERFINISHED
Makassarese people NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion South Sulawesi NERFINISHED
conservationEffort cataloguing and philological study
digitization projects
contentType administrative record
customary law
epic literature
genealogy
historical chronicle
land deed
legal code
letters
marriage contract
poetry
religious knowledge
ritual instructions
royal decree
culturalSignificance source for Islamic intellectual history in Sulawesi
source for South Sulawesi history
source for customary law studies
symbol of Bugis identity
inkType black ink
brown ink
legalContext Islamic law (fiqh)
adat law
material European paper
local paper
palm leaf
paper
preservationLocation European museum and library collections
Leiden University Libraries NERFINISHED
National Library of Indonesia NERFINISHED
local family collections in South Sulawesi
regional archives in Indonesia
primaryLanguage Buginese language NERFINISHED
productionContext court scribal culture
noble households
religious scholars
relatedConcept Bugis-Makassar literature
South Sulawesi historiography
relatedWork Sureq Galigo NERFINISHED
religiousContext Islam in South Sulawesi NERFINISHED
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts
threat deterioration of paper and ink
loss through neglect and dispersal
timePeriod Dutch colonial period
early modern period
precolonial era
usedFor astrological and calendrical notes
codifying adat (customary law)
preserving Islamic teachings
recording dynastic histories
recording genealogies of noble families
recording trade and maritime activities
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemFeature limited vowel marking in older forms
no inherent tone marking
syllabic script
writtenIn Lontara script NERFINISHED

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Bugis indigenous religion hasText Lontara manuscripts
Kingdom of Soppeng hasCulturalHeritage Lontara manuscripts
this entity surface form: Lontara chronicles