658. Cod.Or. 6070 220 pp.; Minangkabau; exercise books (bound together); Roman characters; Van Ophuysen coll. I pp. 1-90: Undang-undang Minangkabau; 20'A x 16 cm.; 20 lines per p.; containing the division of adat, cupak usali and cupak buatan, undang- undang nan duapuluh, undang-undang luhak, theft, cemo, tandajahat, pekerjaan dunia, akal, martabat (of dignitaries, etc.), syarat orang kaya, hukum adat and hukum syara’, hakim, da'wa, etc.; II pp. 97-109: Undang-undang Minangkabau; 21 x 16 cm.; 24 lines per p.; containing hukum syara’ and hukum adat (cupak usali, cupak buatan), kata (kata pusaka, kata mupakat, kata dahulu kata bertapati, kata kemudian kata bercari); III pp. 145-212: Tambo Minangkabau; also called Tambo Rajo; 21 x 16 cm.; 24 lines per p.; containing the tambo from Datuk Perpatih nan Sebatang and Datuk Ketemenggungan to the history of nagari Payakumbuh and Luhak Lima Puluh and could better be called Tambo Luhak Lima Puluh. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 256, no. 652.

659. Cod.Or. 6071 268 pp.; exercise book; 20 blank pp. between pp. 160-162, and 20 between pp. 217- 218, are not numbered; 21 x 16 cm.; 23 lines per p.; neat writing; Van Ophuysen coll. I pp. 1-160: Hikayat Bahram Syah. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 25, no. 58 (A); II pp. 183-217: Kaba Sutan Bagindo; Minangkabau; the story of Sutan Bagindo who dreams of a stag with golden antlers etc.; in trying to catch it he finds a wife from heaven; he brings her home but later on neglects her; she finds the clothes which enable her to fly and flees back to heaven; after all kinds of ordeals he finds her again in heaven. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 209, no. 518 (wrongly described as Cod.Or. 6069 B); III pp. 219-268: Kaba Mamak Hetong; Minangkabau; also called Kaba Mamak Si Hetong; the story of Mamak Si Hetong whose sister was insulted by Kasumbo Hampai, a rich and beautiful girl; as revenge he charms her with flute and violin and, while following him entranced, she falls into a ravine; brought home she commits suicide; arriving home Si Hetong exhumes her body and she revives because of his prayers; they marry