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the pages. The drawings were more impor ted: to the maker of the manuscript than the text. Many drawings, especially on the leaves 9~28, are frankly erotic, representing bedroom scenes. The manuscript was acquired by the Mu seum by purchase in 1924. Probably it dates tcorn the last decades of the nineteenth cen tury. The state of preservation of the leaves which are left is good. Cf. RtMLV 50479. RtMLV 26482 — B-30.525 — palmleaf ^ x 4 cm 111 leaves [ms, incomplete x 2,5 cm Javanese 4 lines Yusup romance in macap»at verse, East Javanese idiom, cursive script, written by two hands. Originally coll. Ensemeier, 1927. RtMLV 26484 — R-12.020 — loose ^ x 3,5 cm 9 leaves [palmleaves 46.5 x 2,5 cm Balinese 4 lines Notes, Javanese-Balinese prose, on in cantations and magic medicines. Acquired by the Museum in 1927. RtMLV 27171 — S-40.280 — palmleaf [ms, in disorder 46 x 4 cm 55 leaves 40.5 x 4 cm Balinese 4 lines Notes, Javanese-Balinese, on magic, in cantations, with many mantras and rajahs. Acquired by the Museum in 1930. RtMLV 27326 — S-40.280 — palmleaf 48.5 x 3,5 cm 33 leaves [ms 43 x 2,5 cm Balinese 4 lines Notes, Javanese-Balinese, on magic, with many rajahs. Acquired by the Museum, 1930.

RtMLV 27778 — R-16.550 — palmleaf [ms, damaged, incomplete 25.5 x 3 cm 67 leaves 22 x 2,5 cm Javanese 4 lines S a m u d’s questions put to' the Prophet, in macapat verse. Rustic round script, ir regular writing. Origin: Tosari, Tërjgër district, 1931. RtMLV 27869 — B-30.524 — palmleaf [ms, damaged, incomplete 39 x 3,5 cm 102 leaves 31.5 x 2,5 cm Javanese 4 lines Yusup romance in macapat verse, East Javanese Madurese idiom and script. Ac quired by the Museum in 1933. The boards are decorated with woodcarving in a good Javanese design, RtMLV 28820 — B-31.212 — palmleaf [ms, damaged, incomplete 37.5 x 3 cm 121 leaves 29.5 x 2,5 cm Javanese 4 lines Darma Jati, way at} tale versified, East Javanese idiom, cursive script. Cod. 6824 is a romanized copy by Soegiarto. Originally collection van Sijderveld, 1939. RtMLV 28821 — B-30.525 — palmleaf [ms, damaged, incomplete 42.5 x 3 cm 99 leaves 32 x 2,5 cm Javanese 4 lines Yusup romance in macapat verse, East Javanese idiom, small cursive script. Origi nally collection van Sijderveld, 1939. RtMLV 28856 — B-30.022 — palmleaf [ms, damaged, incomplete 58.5 x 4 cm 34 leaves 51.5 x 3 cm Balinese 4 lines