A: ff. 1-147. Sĕrat Babad Mĕtaram. A loose note on Javanese paper says, punika Sĕrat Babad Mĕtaram, Kangjĕng Sultan Karta. The text opens with a discussion of Jeng Sultan teng Mataram, and seems to end in the Kartasura period. In verse; 58 cantos. B: ff. 148-9. A text setting out the genealogy...
‘Charita dadine Bumi Salangit' [Carita dadine Bumi Salangit]. Described in Keyzer, 1854, p. 336, as a creation story. In Javanese in Arabic script (pegon).
A: ff. 1-210. Babad, wiwit suwung ing tanah Jawi dumugi babaripun Kanjeng Panĕmbahan Purubaya. Begins with Adam and ends abruptly in the reign of Senapati after the birth of Raden Umbaran [i.e. apparently Pan. Purubaya]. Written in the Mangkubumen, Yogyakarta. Dated A.J. 1740 [A.D. 1813]. Severa...
Menak Amir Hamza, the Javanese story of the adventures of Amir Hamza, uncle of the prophet Muhammad. Written for Ratu Ageng (c. 1730-1803), a wife of Sultan Hamengku Buwana I and the mother of Hamengku Buwana II, some time after 1792. In the introduction she is called prabu wanodeya / kang jum...
Serat Jaya Lengkara Wulang. Wrongly identified by Ricklefs & Voorhoeve (1977: 48) as Gonda Kusuma. Compare with MSS Jav 24 of the same work, which is very similar in hand and style, and may have been decorated by the same artist. This appears to be a single text, with some loose pages a...
Punika sĕrat Primbon Palintangan Palindon Pakĕdutan. on f. 2v: punika wirasat lamun grahana wulan sami. ... A text on physiognomy, astrology, etc. Described in Niemann, 1870, p. 136. In Javanese and Arabic (pegon) script.
A: f.1r. A list of 45 MSS (kang 45 buk), which seems to be an inventory of a part of the Crawfurd collection. Some of the items are identifiable as volumes now in the British Library collection. B: ff. 2v.-31r. Sĕrat Sĕjarah Dĕmak, beginning with Adam and ending with Sultan Pajang's visit to R...
A: f. 1r. A piagĕm of Kangjĕng Raden Tumĕnggung Sumadiningrat. B: ff. 2r.-161r. Legendary Javanese history. Begins, awiwit duk lagi duryat/sapanginggil dĕmugi Pajang Mĕtawis. On f. 2r. are mentioned Gusti Allah and Jabrail. Notes at the top of several pages give the contents of the text: carit...