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10. Al-Tabyin fi ansab il-kurashiyin, genealogies of tke 

 Prophet Muhammad and his descendants and followers of the 

 tribe of Kuraish, by Muwaffik al-Din 'Abd Allah b. Ahmad ibn 

 Kudamah al-MakdisL Copied a.h. 795 (a.d. 1393). i2«. 



11. A work on ethics, apparently the -Akabat of al-Ghazzali. 

 15th century. 12*^. Not otherwise known. 



12. Fath rabb al-barriyah, a commentary by Ahmad b. Hasan 

 al-Sandiibi on al-Kas, at ai-makariyah, an elegy on the kings of 

 Spain, by Ahmad b. Muh. al-Makari. 15th-16th century. 8°. 



13. Matali' al-anzar, a commentary by Mahmiid b. 'Abd al- 

 Eahman al-Isfahani on al-Baidawi's metaphysic Tawali' al- 

 anwar. 16th century. S°. Presented by Colonel R. H. Whit- 

 well. 



14. A MS. containing part of Ta'wilat al-Kur'an, tke com- 

 mentary of Hasan b. Muh. al-Nishaburi on the Kur'an (viz., on 

 Surah 78 to the end), 'etc., XVIIth-XVIIIth century. 8«. 

 Presented by Colonel R. H. Whitwell. 



15. The Old Testament in the Jewish- Arabic dialect of the 

 Aleppo district. XVIIIth-XIXth centuirjr. 8°. 



16. A collection of Egyptian folk-songs, compiled by 'Abd 

 al-Malik b. 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Fitni. 2 vols. XlXth century. 

 8°. 



Chinese MSS. — 1. " The Old Drunkard's Arbour," a com- 

 position written in 1048 a.d. by Ou-yang Hsiu ; copied in calli- 

 graphic style by Su Shih (1036-1101). With many notes of 

 appreciation by various scholars, the first dated a.d. 1348. Roll. 



2. An essay on the art of handwriting, written by the artist 

 and calligrapher Mi Fei, and dated a.d. 1080. Roll. 



3. Facsimiles of writing by the poet Ts'ao Tzu-chien (a.d. 

 192-232) and by Ssu-t'u Chung-yu. Roll. 



4. An ink-rubbing of a specimen of writing by the calli- 

 grapher Ou-yang Hstin (a.d. 557-645). 



5. Black-and-white drawings and calligraphy, with notes of 

 appreciation by various scholars. Roll. 



6. Pen-and-ink drawings of orchids, etc., with calligraphy. 

 Roll. 



7. Specimens of calligraphy by the artis'ts Chao Meng-fu 

 (A.D. 1310) and Tung Ch'i-ch'ang (a.d. 1582). 



8. An album of calligraphy by the Ming artist Tung Ch'i- 

 ch'ang, with a specimen by the poet Lo Pin-wang (7th century). 



9. A volume of specimens of Ming calligraphy . 



10. A volume of specimens of calligraphy by 26 artists under 

 the reigns of Shun Chih and K'ang Fsi (a.d. 1644-1722). 



11. A volume of calligraphy on silk, by various artists. 



12. The P'i p'a hsing, written in calligraphic stymie by the 

 Ming artist Tung Ch'i-ch'ang. 



