Jaya Lĕngkara,beginning with discussion of king Sonya Wibawa. Copyist (sĕratanipun) abdidalĕm‘Tiyangsĕpuh' (cf. Add. 12297, 12302, 12317). Dated mantri nata sapta atma[A.J. 1713/A.D. 1786], perhaps for the original? In Javanese language and script. In verse; 42 cantos.
Sĕrat Sĕjarah Dĕmak, Sĕrat Kuntara and Sĕrat Pauji Kuda Narawongsa
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A: ff. 1r-48v. Sĕrat Sĕjarah Dĕmak, beginning with Adam andending with Sultan Pajang's visit to Ratu Kalinyamat. A copy of the same textas Add. 12313 (B), with somewhat different canto divisions and without the dateat the beginning. In verse; 26 cantos. Engl paper: ‘Budgen & Wilmott 1808'. ...
A: ff. 1r.-15r. ‘Javanese Airs' on Western musical staff. Old number: Javanese 67. B: ff. 16r.-34v. Sĕrat Pawukon. Beginning missing. In verse; 13 cantos. Old number: Javanese 70. Thereafter a series of didactic texts in the same hand as B, containing: C: ff. 34v.-36r. Punika pakĕkĕdutan sak...
Sĕrat Suluk. Begins, Punika masalah ngilmularangan ingkang ginĕdong para wali ing tanah jfawa sĕdaya. Incomplete at end. Annotated on f. 1r: 'A Suluk, or treatise on Medicine and other Arts'. In Javanese language and script.
Kuṭāra Mānawa, law book. According to Jonker (1885: 33), this manuscript is a paper copy of Add MS 12277, which is on palm leaf. The note on f.1r describing this as Undang Wangsul 'Cuntara Manawa Sastra, rendered into modern Javanese by the Prince of Sumanap' actually belongs on Add MS 12321 (...
18 cantos of verse, the first beginning, kocap wulangira Sri Bupati Sinuhun Swarga Ngayogyakarta ḍumatĕng putra wayahe prituwin mring wadya gung, i.e. the teachings of Sultan Hamĕngkubuwana I of Yogyakarta, to his offspring and officials. The MS also contains a number of short lyric poems. In ...
'A Pawukon, or Treatise on Judicial Astrology, in Javanese. A miscellaneous collection of items on dating, sengkalas, etc., part in verse, part in prose. Between ff. 79r and 135r are depicted 29 coloured figures of the gods and goddesses associated with the wukus, such as Yang Kuwera, Yang Bra...
Sĕrat Jaya Lĕngkara. Dated murti nĕmbah syara jalma [A.J. 1720/A.D. 1793]. Incomplete at end. It seems that this is the same as Add. 12332 after the opening formalities, although a quick examination revealed many copyist's errors. Both MSS were probably taken from some third MS, for although th...
‘Fac-simile, in pencil, of an ancient manuscript in the Kawi character, found at Tagala, in the province of Cheribon [Cirĕbon].’ Crawfurd, 1820, vol. ii‚ pp. 216-17 says, ‘from the figures, signs of the zodiac, and other characters painted upon it, it is conjectured to be a treatise on astrolo...
Records from the kraton of Yogyakarta apparently taken from the court at the deposition of Hamengkubuwana II in 1812. A collection of original letters, documents, grants of land, etc., written in Javanese language and script, ranging in date from AJ 1713 to 1739 (AD 1786 to 1812). F.89r contai...