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A chain of kings
changes in handwriting make clear that a second writer took over from
the first. Narratively this does not correspond to a break or transition,
coming as it does in the midst of Tunipalangga’s accomplishments. The
text of the Talloq chronicle is complete.
3 SBPK ‒ Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz Or. 386 (Berlin,
Germany). Of uncertain date, this contains a lontaraq beru copy of the
Gowa chronicle in a codex that is otherwise filled with Bugis texts. It does
not contain the Talloq chronicle. The writer was Bugis, and his spelling
variations are consistent with Bugis pronunciation. SBPK often sides with
BL in cases where the other texts disagree, suggesting SBPK’s Bugis writer
had access to BL or a similar manuscript. For example, SBPK also omits
the reign of Sultan Hasanuddin. In general this is the most divergent of
the chronicle texts compared here. In several places the writer adds additional
information pertaining to the Bugis not found in any other text. The
writer also uses a letter resembling an ‘x’ for the letter ‘ya’.
4 VT ‒ Museum Pusat Jakarta VT 124 (Jakarta, Indonesia). Of uncertain
date, and written in the lontaraq beru script, this manuscript’s writer was
probably Bugis. The Gowa and Talloq chronicles are the only Makassarese
texts in this codex, and the writer used the Bugis diacritical mark above
letters to indicate a final velar nasal (-ng) or doubled consonant. VT and
CM (see below) are in many places so nearly identical and substantially
different from other extant manuscripts in how they reorder information
and reword passages that we can conclude that both descended from a
common ancestor. Both insert an additional section in the Gowa chronicle,
a coherent narrative unit relating events concerning Gowa’s overlordship
over Boné, transcribed and translated in Appendix 1 of Chapter V. The
text of the Talloq chronicle concludes just before the end of Section 6, omitting
the reign of Tumammaliang ri Timoroq found in most versions.
5 MS ‒ Matthes Stichting MS 159a (Yayasan Kebudayaan Sulawesi Selatan,
Makassar, Indonesia). This codex of historical texts written in the lontaraq
beru script is of uncertain date. It contains an abbreviated version of the
Gowa chronicle describing the origins of Gowa that may have been seen as
a coherent narrative work separate from the chronicle as a whole. It does
not contain the Talloq chronicle. A typed transcription of this manuscript is
available as KITLV Or. 545/258.
6 AL ‒ Lembaga Sejarah dan Antropologi, Cabang II ms. 2 (Makassar,
Indonesia). This codex of historical texts dates from the late eighteenth or
early nineteenth century. It contains both lontaraq beru texts (including a