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in disorder. The script is slightly sloping; the scribe made several mistakes. Coll. Korn, no 7A. KITLV Or 443 30.524 46 x 3,5 cm out- 122 leaves, original side numbering in disor- 40,5 x 3 cm writing der, Javanese script palmleaf ms, half round wooden boards, unde corated, kept in a green cardboard box

Yusup romance in macapat verse, usual East Javanese version. The palmleaves are in disorder. The upright script is rather carefully written. Coll. Korn, no 7B.

palmleaf ms, bev elled wooden boards, undec orated, kept in a green cardboard box

Yusup romance in macapat verse, usual East Javanese version. The writing is small and difficult to read. Coll. Korn, no 7C.

KITLV Or 445 49.132 36.5 x 3,5 cm out- 3+7 leaves side Balinese drawings 33 x 3 cm drawings palmleaf ms, flat yellow bamboo boards, undec orated, kept in a green cardboard box Drawings by a good Balinese artist, illustrating I (3 leaves), Anoman entering the royal park of bjaleijka where Sita is kept prisoner by Rawana, in order to bring her Rama’s ring as a token; II (7 leaves), sev eral scenes of dancing men and women; the dancing is interrupted by an abduction; a girl is abducted by some boys but after a struggle liberated by her family. Some Malay captions, written in Latin script, provide explanations of these scenes. They must refer to the Balinese custom of mar riage after an (enacted) abduction of the bride by the bridegroom. The happy ending is not quite clear in the drawing. Coll- Korn, no 8. KITLV Or 446 30.390 42.5 x 3,5 cm out- 8 leaves Balinese side drawings 33 x 3 cm drawings palmleaf ms, flat yellow bamboo boards, undec orated, kept in a green cardboard box