21 lines per p.; neat writing; copying finished on 27 Jumadil-akhir 1236/1 April 1821 by Encik Ma‘bud of Bangkahulu in Silaparang (= Lombok) for Encik Pudin (?) at the insistence of his wife (sic); acquired in 1943. The text contains the tale of a descendant of Batara Kala who comes down to earth to become ruler of Janggala; his three sons become rulers of Kuripan, Daha and Gagelang; a prince of Kuripan (Raden Inu, Misa Gumitar, Satria Wirawangsa, Sira Panji) is in search of his fiancee the princess of Daha (Raden Galuh, Kinanglir Sari, Panji Anglir Sari) who had been kidnapped by Batara Boma and abandoned in the jungle of Gagelang; on the advice of Batara Kala she performs tapa; in his peregrinations Raden Inu (Misa Gumitar) subjugates many countries (inter alia Mataram, Lasem, Senggora and Temasik) and marries many princesses, inter alia Raden Galuh of Gagelang, a cousin of his fiancée; when both spouses meet it is a problem who will become the permaisuri; by order of the Batara of Kuripan the princess of Daha becomes thepermaisuri; cf. Iskandar 1996, pp. 221-8; this story has already been mentioned by Valentijn in 1726; two other MSS and a syair are found in Britain (Cambridge Add. 3764 A: Hikayat Mesa Gemitar Damar Ulan Seri Panji Hang Asmara, RAS Malay 135: Hikayat Mesa Gemitar Kesakmalara Seri Panji Agong Asmara, a type script of part of a MS in Kelantan, and British Library Add. 12381: Syair Mesa Gumitar); cf. Ricklefs and Voorhoeve 1977, p. 108.

803. Cod.Or. 6865 File containing 3 MSS; E. Rijke bequest (1943); bequeathed by his father P.L. Rijke. A Boekoe Bientang Kemoekoes 12 ff.: Dutch laid paper; wm. Concordia with Ed G & Zn; 20 Vi x 16 cm.; 12-14 lines per p.; Roman characters; calligraphic writing; written by Raden Arijo Tjietro Somo, Adiepatie Japara; the complete title is: Inie Boekoe Bientang Kemoekoes, tandanja Boeroeng Gaok, dan Boeroeng Verendjak, Fedjo, dan kedjoetnja badan. The text, ff. 2v-9v, contains ornithomancy. B Letters 48 pp.: European laid paper (blue); 21 Vi x 14 cm.; Roman characters; almost illegible writing. Copies of letters written ca. 1855 (mostly in Eastern Indonesia). C Maleisch 73 pp.: exercise book; 20Vi x 16 Vi cm.; 23 lines per p.; Roman characters; from p. 8 on the facing pp. are blank and sometimes with notes by Prof. Ch.A. van Ophuysen. A text book of the Malay language in Dutch.