38 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



3. A Midrash on the Book of Esther ; XVIIth cent. 



4. Portions of Codices of Talmudical tractates. Very rare ; 

 Xlth— XIYth cent. 



5. Many fragments of liturgical MSS. showing the special 

 forms of prayers and hymns that were in use at an early 

 period in Egypt and elsewhere ; Xlth — XlVth cent. 



6. A large number of parts of letters, contracts and other 

 documents written in Arabic and Hebrew ; Xlth — XlVth 

 cent. 



7. Fragments of Early Hebrew Poetry ; Xlth— XlVth cent. 



8. Two leaves of the unique MS. containing the original 

 Hebrew text of Ecclesiasticus ; Xllth cent. 



9. Two autograph responses of Moses Maimonides ; Xllth — 

 Xlllth cent. 



10. A collection of documents on marriage, divorce, etc., 

 ranging from the Xth cent, onwards. 



Hebrew Books. — 1. Die Haggada von Sarajevo. Eine 

 Spanisch-judische Bilderhandschrift des Mittelalters. Edited 

 by D. H. Mueller and J. von Schlosser. 2 vols. Vienna ; 

 1898. 8°. 



2. Konteras Ha-khelalTm. A work on Talmudical Metho- 

 dology. 3 vols. Warsaw ; 1896, fol. 



Pali M8S. — 1. Two gold plates bearing inscriptions con- 

 sisting of quotations from the Buddhist Scriptures. 



2. KankhavitaranT-ganthi : a glossary to Buddhaghosa's 

 commentary on the Bikkhu and Bikkhuni Patimokkha. 



Pali and Sinhalese Book. — The Yogavacara's Manual of 

 Indian Mysticism as practised by Buddhists. 



Persian MSS. — 1. Zakhlrah i Khwarazmshahi a system of 

 medicine by Zain al-Din Isma'Tl JurjanT ; 1295. 



2. Tarikh i Mubarak-Shahi : a history of the Sultans of 

 Delhi down to A. H. 838 by Yahya Sihrindi ; XVIIth— 

 XVIIIth cent. 



3. Ruba'Tyat : quatrains, attributed to Shaikh Abu Sa'Td 

 Abu al-Khair. With illuminations ; XVIIIth cent. 



4. The Persian version of the Chronicle of Tabarl ; XlVth 

 cent. 



5. A Chronicle of events in Central Asia from the birth of 

 the AmTr TTmur (a.d. 1334) down to A D. 1645. 1878. 8". 

 An extremely rare MS., and one of considerable historical 

 importance. 



6. The Divan of 'Iraki, who died towards the end of the 

 Xlllth cent. XVth cent. A fine copy. 



