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LOr 1830 — B-30.771 22 x 32 cm 183 double p. 14 x 23 cm Javanese 17 lines Jaka Suléwah, romance in macapat verse, dated 1773 A.J. and 1844 A.D., by kyahi Jakariya of Karat] Malat] rendered into Javanese verse. Rustic spelling and writing, Central North Coast script, cursive. Leather bound volume with flap (Arabic kitab style), originally belonging to the Delft collection. Cat. Vreede p. 186-188 has an extensive Dutch summary. Cod. 10.724 is a romanized copy by Soegiarto, also BCB portf. no 207. Cod. NBS 152 (Cat. Juyn- boll II p. 80) in Arabic script seems to be older and more detailed. Jaka Suléwah, a prince of Purwa Kanda, is born one side black and one side white. For that reason he is, together with his mother, repudiated by his father King Istikna. He is told by the sage of Warirpn Jamba that Allah is his father, so he goes in search of Allah. Climbing a tree he falls, dies and in the end is given by Allah a new fair shape. Under the name Surya Kusuma he returns with his companion the robber Bondan Pëksa Jandu to his father’s king dom, wins the princess of Séla Arja, defeats many unbelieving Kings, i.a. Manon Bawa of Bojantara, and Ambar Kasturi, his sister, finds his own mother, who was changed into a queen of demons, Sokarini, and exorcises her by means of a weaver’s lath (wlira), succeeds his father in Purwa Kanda, and begets a son Jati Swara, who takes Bondan Pëksa’s son for companion. The text ends with a relation of the young men’s adven tures. Cod. 10.867 contains a list of initial lines of cantos by Soegiarto.

LOr 1831 — S-45.300 21 x 33 cm 52 p. 15 x 25 cm Javanese 17 lines Dasa Nam a (p. 1-7) and Car aka Basa (p. 7-52), prose treatises on: 1. “kawi” synonyms, beginning with moon (sasi), and 2. on letters (aksaras) of different groups. Quadratic kraton script, written in Sura karta, originally belonging to the Delft col lection. Cat. Vreede p. 361 has references to literature. In a Babad Saqkalanii] Momana (memorable years), the year A.J. 1589, i.e. A.D. 1666, is mentioned as the date of the writing, in Karta, Mataram, of the Caraka Basa. LOr 1832 — S-47.410 21 x 33 cm 253 double p. 15 x 25 cm Javanese 17 lines Compendium of ancient lawbooks in prose, dated at the end 1771 A.J., i.e. 1843 A.D. containing: 1. (p. l-217a): according to the title: Kun- tara Raja Niti, Surya IJalam, Raj a Kapa-kapa, Jugul Muda. The text con tains: A. statecraft (ratu-paqulu-jaksa- patih), B. rules of Muslim Law (fin.1 1 )> C. rules of common law, decisions in lawsuit (sometimes with references to Undat)-undat]s of Kings, e.g. Undat)' undat] Minaqkabo). The three component parts are very much mixed up. 2. (p. 220a-253a): Salokatara by sénapat» Jimbun, said to be an extract from 1044 cases, brought under 8 heads. It is diff' cult to find a system in the text. Cod- 6203a no 20a is a copy. Throughout both 1 and 2 many salokas> i.e. apophthegms of law, which are diff> cU