VOLKENKUNDIG MUSEUM BREDA (VMB) Museum of Anthropology Breda (now at the Museum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden)

1955. VMB 458 244 pp.; for each text a new numbering of the pp.; tree-bark paper (deluang); 32 x 21 cm; 25 lines per p.; legible writing; this is the MS borrowed by J. Brandes from Gerth van Wijck for his article lets over het Papegaai-boek zooals het bij de Maleiers voorkomt, TBG 41, 1899b, pp. 431-97. A I pp. 1-81: Hikayat Bayan Budiman; on p. 1 is the end of the eleventh story and the beginning of the twelfth story; the beginning and the end of the hikayat are missing; cf. Brandes 1899; followed by 4 blank pp.; II pp. 1-144: Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah; dated 1190 H (1778); followed by 2 blank pp.; III pp. 1-11: Hikayat mujizat Nabi; IV pp. 12-13: Hikayat Nabi meng ajar anaknya Fatimah\ V pp. 15-19: Hikayat Nabi wafat; the end is missing. B Pas jalan enclosed is a piece of paper with pas jalan issued by Penghulu Dagang of Surulangun, dated 8 May 1896 and confirmed by the Controleur of Rawas, A.E. Holle. Enclosed is a summary by P. Voorhoeve.

1956. VMB 3600/822a Divination 1 f.; wove paper; wm. not visible; 45V4 x 33'/2 cm.; illuminated with red and black ink; neat writing. The text contains diagrams of mohor nubuat, jusan, rakam and table; Malay and Arabic.