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Handschriften indertijd in berusting bij Dr J. L. A. Brandes en door de Regering in bruikleen aan het Genootschap afgestaan” and the “Inventaris van de weten schappelijke nalatenschap van Dr J. Brandes”, which are published in these ‘Notulen”, a great number of Javanese and Javanese-Balinese manuscripts, both originals and recent copies, are registered. Cod. LOr 6504 (collection Hazeu, see 49.830) contains inventories and catalogues of Javanese manuscripts in the KBG collections, originally made by Dr Brandes. They are incomplete. Unfortunately a list of the manuscripts belonging to the Pahëman Radya Pustaka collection of Surakarta is not available. 50.003 The collection in Bali. In Bali, Javanese gentlemen who hau taken their refuge there after the Islamization of the Javanese Court continued collecting manuscripts in the same way as had been done before in Java. Javanese- Balinese literature developed, and side by side with it native Balinese letters had a ren ascence in the eighteenth century after many centuries of Javanese supremacy in the province of culture. In the middle of the nineteenth century the Balinese wealth of Old Javanese and Javanese-Balinese manuscripts became known to Dutch scholars. Friederich and Van Eck began to explore it. Van der Tuuk’s industrious studies in Bali during several decades at the end of the nineteenth century resulted in a rich collection of manuscripts and copies affording a deep insight into the development of Balinese culture. Van der Tuuk bequeathed his entire collection to the Leiden University Library. Before it was sent to The Netherlands it was very carefully catalogued in Batavia under the supervision of Brandes. The four volumes of Biandes’ “Beschrijving der Javaansche, Balineesche en Sasaksche handschriften aangetroffen in de nalatenschap van Dr H. N. van der Tuuk”, published in Batavia, 1901-1926, constitute a rich source of information on Javanese literature. So do the numerous quotations from Javanese manuscripts inserted in van der Tuuk’s nionumental “Kawi-Balineesch-Nederlandsch Woordenboek” which was also pub lished in Batavia in four volumes, 1897-1912. After van der Tuuk’s demise the Dutch scholars’ interest in things Balinese did not flag, especially since the rich van der Tuuk collection in the Leiden Univer sity Library gave the opportunity of making scholarly editions of Old Javanese texts. In 1928 the Kirtya (foundation) Liefrinck-van der Tuuk was founded in Bali with the view of collecting and preserving manuscripts. They were copied from codexes in private Balinese collections, which appeared to contain a great number of interesting texts. The first name-giver, Liefrinck, was a Dutch official who had taken a special interest in native Balinese customary law. Dr Goris directed the Kirtya for many years. The collection, housed in Singaradja, North Bali,