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chrome illustrations in wayag style

18 lines, thick im port paper, lined, Javanese half leather, half linen binding, damaged

Legendary tales concerning armour ers and the crisses and pamor pat terns made by them, in parts I and II, bound together. The tales are contained in wayag purwa plays. Javanese summaries written by Mr Moens with his own hand are included in the book. According to Mr Moens the Javanese text of part I (p. 1-698) contains 8 tales mentioning mpu Ramadi and mpu Sombro as the primordial armour ers, connected with the gods, and further 5 other tales mentioning mpu Ramayadi, Balé Ragas and Balé Raggas. The 8 tales are said to belong to the padalagan Panca Kaki, the following 5 tales to another tradition of dalags. According to Mr Moens’ summary of part II (p. 701-1475) the 16 tales of this text are concerned with the characters (watëk) and the powers (daya, tonjëg) as cribed to various crisses (with special pamor patterns), which were given by sag hyag Guru to the gods and heroes of an tiquity to be their pusakas. These tales are said to belong to the Grëntëg tradition of dalags.

polychrome illus trations, crayon, in wayag style 18 lines, thick im port paper, lined, half leather, half li nen (black) binding, damaged by insects Legendary tales on the origin of various crisses, all bearing names with the hon orific predicate kyahi. The tales are couched in 17 wayag purwa plays con cerning Wë s i K u n i n (yellow iron, a kind of particulary powerful magic steel) and 10 plays concerning Jaka Sagkala, a legendary armourer who made a number of famous crisses. The plays were composed by the dalag Cërma for the use of Mr Moens who asked for information on the history of crisses. According to the dalag Cërma the tales on the origin of crisses belonged to the Pakëm Panca Kaki, one of the various branches of Central Javanese wayag lore tradition (see LOr 10.887, Lit. of Java, II, p. 679). Mr Moens wrote a Dutch list of the 17 Wësi Kunig plays on one of the first pages of the book. 12.512 42.531 35,5 x 23,5 cm 1040 pp. (no origi- outside, nal numbering), 28 X 15 cm writing, Javanese script 72 full-page illus trations, polychrome crayon drawings in wayag style 18 lines, import paper, lined, half