Narrative Representation of Prince Wangsakerta’s Manuscript on Visual Artefacts of Cirebon History

Te term Cirebon is originally derived from Caruban, then Carbon, “Cerbon” and finally Cirebon. Caruban means mixed, because the place is inhabited by residents of various nationalities, religions, and languages, as well as their occupations. Cirebon can apply tolerance not only in social life, but also in cultural, literary, architectural, fine art, and design artifacts. In addition, the strength of the historical value of Cirebon City also adds to the wealth of other noble values, one of which is the Manuscript, the manuscript is a source that priceless for Indonesian human culture, which is the Prince Wangsakerta’s manuscript. Te research methodology will be conducted using qualitative methods. By using text semiotic analysis. Which specifcally examines text as a “type of a speech” in the form of a combination of signs. Te results of the study are expected to be able to conclude the narration of the Prince Wangsakerta Manuscript on the historical visual artifacts, in this case, the narrative relation of the Prince Wangsakerta’s Manuscript with “nawa gapura marga raja”, which means lawang sanga, a building with 9 gates, which supposedly builds implies a myth of something that is saved, exalted, because of the background and behavior of the surrounding community which integrates with the building. Keywords: Nawa Gapura Marga Raja, Prince Wangsakerta’s Manuscript, Qualitative Methods, Semiotic