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cardboard binding, “Middle Hill Boards’’ New Testament, fragmentary Javanese translations, Acts of the Apostles (Pëggawéhanné para Rasul), 12 leaves, followed by Sawiji Pocapan kalawan sanakiqsun (a Conversation with my breth- em), evidently a translation of a Christian tract on religious behaviour, 4 leaves, en ding abruptly, both probably written by W. Robinson. The last 6 leaves contain the beginning of the Carita Mëndaij Kamolan in macapat verse of LOr 14.229, with the chronogram tus 113 ratu pandita 13rat, A.J. 1711, A.D. 1784, written in good North Pasisir script. The Javanese texts are bound upside down. The other leaves con tain disparate notes by Mr Robinson; Javanese exercises and translations of the titles of the divisions of an Indian book (in Persian) on the history of the world, be ginning with Adam, Persia, the Jews, the Christian peoples up to AD 1317, the Hin dus, the Chinese and the Moghuls. The ms was originally registered Phillipps 22792. See LOr 14.229. 14.231 19.040 33 x 21 cm outiside 7 + 2 leaves 30 x 18 cm writing romanized cardboard binding, “Middle Hill boards” New Testament, fragmentary Java nese translations of chapters from the Gospels, using Iesa for Jesus, with many corrections, 7 leaves. The word sawisi

(sawisé) at the beginning of the first para graph is, misread as Lawisi, used as a spine-title on the back of the binding. Some historical notes on the British conquest of Java in 1811 (tatkalanipun tiyang Egris datüng tannah Jawi), ending abruptly, are written on 2 leaves bound upside down. Both texts were written by a European hand in Latin script, with the English transliteration system also used by Raffles (ë: h). The ms was originally registered Phillipps 16450. See LOr 14.229.

cardboard binding, “Middle Hill boards”

New Testament, fragmentary Javanese translations of chapters from the Gospels, L: English title, a chapter of St. Matthew by Mr Bruckner, 2 leaves; 2. History of Muhammad, mentioning Yajid, in macapat verse, fragmentary, with colophon, bound upside down, dated A.H. 1230, (AD 1815), 24 leaves; 3. translation of the Gospel of St. Matthew, fragmentary, written on the inner half of the page only, 23 leaves; 4. Babad Dëmak-Mataram, fragmentary, written on the inner half of the page only, 19 leaves, cf. Carita Mëndag Kamolan, LOr 14.229, first half. Most of the Javanese texts seem to be written by a European hand. The ms was originally re- gisterd as Phillipps 17033. See LOr 14.229.