1765. KITLV Or. 492 Mystical treatise A 59 ff.; photocopies; 33 x 21‘A cm.; 19 lines per p. (some pages have more, some less); legible writing; photocopied on the verso side only; photocopy of a MS at Ternate; donated by Ch. F. van Fraassen on 15 June 1977. A religious work with mystical purport; on f. lv is mentioned the Meccan scholar ‘Abdallah b. Ibrahim MirghanT, who died in 1792 and on f. 11 Sair as-salikm, a translation of the Iliya ’ ‘ulüm al-dïn by Abdus-Samad of Palem- bang, finished in 1788; the text consists of a number of treatises, according to local tradition of followers of ilmu dodomi (Ternatanese for placenta), probably because a greater part of this writing consists of reflections concerning the quadripartite sperm and the Qu’anic terminologies concerning the development of the child in the mother’s womb; the last three pp. are loose. B 33 ff.; copying paper (ff. 1-28) and typing paper (ff. 29-33); 33 x 22 cm. (except the first f. of 27Vi x 21'A cm.); ca. 33 lines per p.; typewritten only on the verso side. A transliteration of A by G.W.J. Drewes; enclosed is a note by C. van Fraassen and a survey of the contents by Drewes.

1766. KITLV Or. 497 Four exercise books received from the legacy of J. Fortgens. A 109 pp. (+) 49 pp.; exercise book; 22'A x 15 cm.; ca. 33 lines per p.; Roman characters. I Dutch; Algemeene taalkunde; comparative Indonesian linguistics; II pp. 1-49: Dutch; Uitwendige geschiedenis der Maleische taal, descriptive grammar. B Peladjaran bahasa Melajoe 30 pp.; exercise book; 21 x 17 cm.; ca. 38 lines per p.; Roman characters; ff. 2r-24v. A grammar of the Malay language; some pp. are crossed out and some are blank; enclosed are ten loose torn ff. in handwriting and 4 ff. typewritten in Dutch (on the verso side only) in Roman characters on the same subject. C Dutch; Aanteekeningen Bijbel-geschiedenis