1284. Cod.Or. 12.174 Hikayat Isma Yatim 189 pp.; Italian handmade laid paper; wm. Crowned eagle in scroll-work (cf. Heawood 3748) with GIOR MAGNANI, and ALMASSO, and GB A & M; 2VA x 15 1 A cm.; 20 lines per p.; fine writing; in places, neat patches of paper have been pasted over worm holes; on p. 188 it is stated that the MS was copied by Muhammad Abas at Teluk Air, Sing(g)apura, on 28 Rajab 1245/23 January 1830; on p. 189 the owner, Si Timor (Timor is also found in Roman characters on a flyleaf), curses any person who causes the loss of this MS; a copy of pp. 188-9 is pasted at the end; on the cover page notes in another hand; saya menyurat hari Khamis tatkala Raja Kapitan ada di sini; Van Ophuysen coll. (53). Van Ronkel 1921, p. 23, no. 50.

1285. Cod.Or. 12.175 34 ff.; Dutch laid paper; wm. Pro Patria with V G and raised R (probably about mid- 19th c., but could be earlier); 21>/2 x 17 cm.; 13 lines per p.; fine writing; colophon notes that copying was finished in 1200/1786 at Kampung a.p.r.; ff. 1 and 34 are pasted on the cover; Van Ophuysen coll. (54) I ff. lv-7r: Hikayat Darma Tasiah; containing the story of Darma Tasiah (here called Darma Ta’siah) who is maltreated by her husband Syaikh Ba’1- Ma‘ruf; after urging her daughter to love her father she leaves home; by order of God Gabriel assists her to enhance her beauty; finally she returns to her husband. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 23, no. 52 (A); II ff. 7v-13r: Hikayat Nabi Musa munajat. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 30, no. 69 (B); III ff. 13v-20r: Hikayat burung barau-baraw, four birds, a barau-barau, a selempukau, a merak, and a pucung discuss the question as to whether it is better to speak or to keep silence; they put the problem before Salomo who makes a decision. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 32, no. 75 (C); IV ff. 20v-30v: Hikayat bulan belah dua; also called Hikayat bulan berbelah. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 32, no. 76 D).

1286. Cod.Or. 12.176 Kitab Undang-undang Adat Jambi 68 ff.; Dutch laid paper; wm. Libertate with WED (with the ED raised, = Widow) LOCKE & ZN, Concordia with V D L (ca. 1860); 32 x 20 cm.; 14 lines Jawi