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Book” is Persian: Tuti Nama. In Malay literature it is also known as hikayat Kojah Maimun. Cod. 1822 is not dated. Leather bound volume in quadratic kraton script, written in Surakarta, originally be longing to the Delft collection. Cat. Vreede P- 309-313 has an extensive Dutch summary an d references to literature. Brandes, “lets ° v er het Papegaai-book”, TBG vol. 41,1899, supplies valuable information. Cod. 10.867 contains a list of initial lines of cantos by Soegiarto.

page in Kajëné (i.e. Kuniqan), copy of a Cerbon text. Tale of four Cempa Princes, sons of King Sèk Bërèn, Sélaqkara, Séla Cara, Séla Gada and Séla Rasa. At his accession to the throne in succession to his father the eldest drives away his three brothers. Séla Rasa leads them. They are taken in by ki Lubama, whose daughter, ni Rum Sari, gets married to Séla Rasa. The brothers have many adventures with foreign Kings, who are converted to Islam; their daughters are married. Several names of Kings and countries are identical with those found in the Ménak Amir Hamza romances. The tale ends with Séla Rasa’s death as the head of a numerous family. The idiom and the spelling show clearly Cerbon peculiarities. The spelling rakah instead of raka is an indication that the a sound was not a, as it is in Central Java. At the end of words the h was not heard (spelling linggi instead of linggih). The spelling atureh is an indication that the e sound was è, as it is in Sundanese. Leather bound volume in cursive Cerbon script, originally belonging to the Delft col lection. Cat. Vreede p. 198-200 has an ex tensive Dutch summary. BCB prtf. 217 contains a romanized copy by Soegiarto. A list of initial lines of cantos is added. Cod. 10.867 contains another list of initial lines. LOr 1825 — B-30.882 21 x 35 cm 306 p. 13,5 x 25 cm Javanese 15 lines Murta Smara, Pahji romance in macapat verse, dated 1735 A.J., i.e. 1808 A.D. Tale of the war between the Javanese kingdom, especially Jëqgala, and Bali. Panji, appearing as a foreign prince, vanquishes