MANUSCRIPTS -- JAVANESE SUFI devotional anthology of Arabic poetry and supplications, including Du'a al-Nasr and Du'a al-Jihad al-Kabir Origin. Java, first half of the 19th c. (c. 1820-1860). Approx. 85 lvs. (157 paginated pp.), about 4 blank. Arabic ms. on unwatermarked Chinese laid paper. Text in a neat naskh hand in two columns in dark brown ink, marginal and interlinear glosses in Malay/Jawi, occasional prose commentary; opening with the Nawba li-Jabbar al-Kabir and concluding with the Du'a al-Nasr ('Supplication for Victory') and Du'a al-Jihad al-Kabir ('Supplication of the Great Jihad'). Dimensions: 21x15 cm; written area approx. 16,5x10 cm. Mid-20th c. full blind tooled cf. (One later lined notebook leaf inserted at rebinding, some outer margins repaired, with some foxing and light water staining).