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A note on the binding of a codex is included only if it is in some respect remarkable or characteristic. Common paper or linen bindings, which form the great majority, are not mentioned. Special mention is made of palmleaf codexes with wooden boards which are decorated with woodcarving (see 00130). In the second line of the headings of descriptions the measures, external, of codexes are mentioned, in centimeters, correct to five millimeters, and the number of pages or leaves. In some common paper and treebark paper manuscripts the leaves are numbered instead of the pages. In this case double pages are mentioned in the description. The correct numbering in palmleaf manuscripts reckons with pages consisting of one side of one palmleaf and one side of the following one, which lie face to face when the book is closed. The numbers of the pages ought to be written in the left- hand upper corner, on the first palmleaf. In the present volume, in the descriptions, if the correct numbering is applied in a codex, numbers of pages are mentioned. Often the numbering is incorrect or missing, or some leaves are lost. In these cases in the descriptions leaves are mentioned instead of pages. The difference is trifling, because a regular page should extend over two leaf-sides. In the third line of the headings are mentioned the measures of the space of the pages which is occupied by the writing, in centimeters, correct to five millimeters, and the number of lines on each page. In the case of palmleaf manuscripts the number refers to the lines on one side of a leaf. It may be from two up to five. Usually it is four. Moreover in the third line of the headings of descriptions the kind of script is mentioned: Javanese, Balinese, Arabic or romanized (see 00080-00100). For convenience’ sake the word script is left out; it should be borne in mind, however, that the indications Javanese, Balinese and Arabic in the headings refer only to the writing, not to the language. If there is any peculiarity in the script, attention is drawn to it in a note in the main part of the description (II), because such peculiarities may give a clue as to the age and the origin of the codex. II The description proper contains the name of the text or texts, and the author or authors, if known, which is seldom the case. Many Javanese codexes are compilations. Texts contained therein are registered one after another, with in dications of the number of pages. The number of compilations containing notes without titles, or short treatises on a variety of subjects, is particularly great. In fact they are books of notes written down on various occasions during a life-time or even during two generations. As a rule in the present volume such books of notes are called Notes, and in the description only the principal features of the contents are mentioned. In the case of well-known texts the descriptions contain references to editions