Lontara manuscripts
E518361
Lontara manuscripts are traditional Bugis script documents from South Sulawesi that record histories, genealogies, laws, and religious and cultural knowledge.
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cultural heritage ⓘ historical document ⓘ manuscript tradition ⓘ |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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lontara chronicles