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were joined together are still distinguished by initial capital letters or names, each collection retaining its own numbering. In this manner the composition of the collection and the approximate age of parts of it become apparent. The nine original collections are marked: 1. BG, i.e. Bataviaas Genootschap, Batavian Society, Javanese manuscripts writ ten on paper (see 50.051). 2. lontar, i.e. Old Javanese, Javanese-Balinese and Javanese manuscripts written on palmleaves (see 50.052). 3. CS, i.e. Javanese manuscripts originally belonging to the collection of Dr A. B. Cohen Stuart (died 1876), (see 50.053). 4. Br, i.e. Javanese manuscripts originally belonging to the collection of Dr J. Brandes (died 1905), (see 50.054). 5. E, i.e. Javanese-Balinese manuscripts mostly written on palmleaves, from Lombok, collected by A. J. N. Engelenberg (1906), (see 50.055). 6. J, i.e. Javanese-Balinese and Javanese manuscripts written on palmleaves, numbered with Javanese numbers, later acquisitions (see 50.056). 7. v.d.W., i.e. Javanese manuscripts originally belonging to the collection of H. von de Wall (1876), (see 50.057). 8. Moens, i.e. Javanese manuscripts collected for the KBG by J. L. Moens, of Yogyakarta (1931), (see 50.058). 9. albums Moens, i.e. albums with drawings and polychrome pictures, with Javanese captions and explanations, referring to folklore, popular customs, ceremonies etc., made by Yogyakarta artists at the request of J. L. Moens, and transferred to the KBG collection (1933-37), (see 50.059). In the collection of the Government lexicographer of Javanese, of Yogyakarta, two series are distinguished: 10. Hs P, i.e. Handschrift Pigeaud, Javanese manuscripts originally collected by Dr Th. G. Th. Pigeaud in Surakarta and Yogyakarta, up to 1931 (see 50.060). 11. Hs NR Th.P., i.e. Handschrift Nieuwe Reeks Th. Pigeaud, Javanese manu scripts, new series, originally collected by Dr Th. G. Th. Pigeaud, of Yogya karta, since 1931 (see 50.061). 12. The Panti Budaya collection was only described in part. The manuscripts are marked with the capitals PB (see 50.062). As complete systematic catalogues of the KBG and the Yogyakarta collections are not available, the lists appended to the present volume were made up from data found in the “Jaarboeken KBG” and Poerbatjaraka’s publications. The “Notulen KBG” (Minutes of the meetings of the Board of the Batavian Society), vol. 44, 1906, p. I-XXXVII, contain valuable information on the collection Brandes, which has been incorporated in the KBG library. In the “Lijst der