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irjkai3 kapii] pitu ig nagari Surakarta Adiniijrat, igkaij nërat abdi Dalëm haji Abdu ’1-Ghani. According to a red pencil note added to the title, and allegedly writ ten by the princess Sëkar Kadaton herself (bad orthography), the book was given her by her father Susuhunan Paku Buwana VII (reigned 1830-’58), and she in her turn gave it as a heirloom (pusaka) to her son radèn mas panji Marjku Subrata. She had been given the predicate and name Ratu Pam- bay un when she married. The book contains a collection of di- vinatory calculations (pétu^an), medicines and magic with rajahs composed of Arabic characters. The last part of the book (P- 197-250)contains Arabic prayers (du c a’) and litanies (ratib) provided with notes re ferring to the profit derived from reciting them on the good times to do so. Some of the Arabic texts have Javanese glosses written under the lines. The abgad list (numerical values of the 29 Arabic charac ters, arranged in the ancient order of sequ ence of the Hebrew alphabet) is mentioned °n p. 4. The Arabic script is carefully written with a good hand, but the orthography is n °t always correct. Both Javanese and Arabic words are vocalized throughout the hook. Some pages have notes in Javanese script in the margins. In the colophon A.H. 1250 (1834 A.D.) is mentioned as the year of the finishing of the manuscript. It was acquired for the library by pur chase from Mr J. de Koning of Leiden in 197 °- See LOr 12.332 (Kraemer).

24 lines, thick im port paper, Javanese leather binding, worked. W i w a h a, volume I of a poetical version (macapat metre) of the Old Javanese kakawin «Arjuna’s Nuptials» in Yogya- karta wayai? style (4 panakakawans: Sëmar, Garèg, Pétruk, Cakra Waijsa), dif ferent from the Surakarta Minta Raga poem. The conclusion of the tale, in vol ume II, is missing. The script and the idiom are typically Yogyanese. According to the colophon the manu script was written by panji Jaya Guna II of Srandakan in A.J. 1845 (1915 A.D.). An Islamic religious tract, well written, and pasted on a piece of cardboard, is added. The Arabic text, only 6 lines, con tains some pious exhortations and maxims. The manuscript was acquired by pur chase from Mr J. de Koning of Leiden in 1970. See LOr 12.332 (Kraemer).