Sunggingan on Islamic Javanese manuscript: The Acculturation of Javanese and Islamic Cultures

摘要

Islamic Javanese manuscript is one of the Javanese heritages in ancient time, which is decorated with a very beautiful sunggingan. Sungging art as the aesthetic expression is believed as a synthesis form between Islamic art and the tradition of pre-Islamic Javanese Culture. As a form of culture, sungging art is not only a decoration to beutify the manuscript, but it has meaning, and also reflects the elements of Islamic and Javanese Culture. The research aims are (1) to find the forms and meanings of sungging art on Javanese manuscripts, it is believed as a synthesis between the elements of pre-Islamic and Islamic Javanese cultures; and (2) to find the changes that happen on the forms and meaning of sungging art on Islamic Javanese manuscripts which is caused by acculturation. The result of the research shows: (1) Sunggingan at Islamic Javanese manuscripts consists of recurring shapes and gapuran, which has meaning as a visual gate to the text in the manuscript. The forms and meanings of sunggingan on the manuscript are the synthesis result of the Javanese culture and Islamic elements which become an identity of the manuscript; (2) sunggingan on the Islamic Javanese manucript has form and meaning changes which are caused by acculturation of the Javanese Culture and Islamic elements.