The original manuscript is a bark folding book of 13 folds (Ch.B.1171). Begins:
Gerang layu jangan dipadikan
Lagi lama didalam dusun
Mangati perang adah payu
Sakarang ini perang payu
The date of copying is given in the colophon as 28 October 1847. See P. Voorhoeve in 'Bijdragen KITLV', 124, 1968, p.383, and 'Spectrum', Jakarta, 1978, pp.96-102. See further DJA/2/112-3 (Leiden Universiteits - bibliotheek) and DJA/2/150 (London, SOAS) for other manuscripts of this text. A handwritten copy of the transliteration is in the Leiden University Library at L.Or.13506.VI. See DJA(2)/6/2. Also in Hull is a box of 13 black and white photographs, 16.5 x 22.5 cm, of the original manuscript, in a box.