DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTED BOOKS AND MSS. 39 



7. Manazir al-insha ; a treatise on the art of literary 

 composition. 1484. 



8. A History of the Philosophers both before and after 

 Muhammad. Translated into Persian from the original 

 Arabic. XVlIth cent. 



9. The earliest known Persian translation of the Penta- 

 teuch ; 1319. An important MS. 



Sanskrit 3IS. — DaivajnakTimadhenu : a Sanskrit Astro- 

 logical work in Sinhalese character ; XlXth cent. 



Syriac MSS. — 1. A work on the union of the two natures 

 in Christ ; Xllth cent. 



2. A. volume of metrical discourses by Narsai, the Nestorian, 

 who died early in the XVIth cent. A modern copy. 1893. 

 An important MS. 



Tibetan MSS. — 1. A rare Lepcha MS. giving a legendary 

 account of Sikhim. So far as is known this is the only copy 

 in existence. 



2. Nyingma's tutelary warship. 



3. Works on the worship of Naga demigods, Vaisravana, 

 the god of wealth, and the Dragshad devils. 



4. The history of King Srongstan Gampo. 



5. Saint Milarapa's history. 



6. Seven works on Demonology. 



From the XVIth to the XVIIIth cent. ? 



T^irki MSS.—l. The DTvrm of Nava'T. XVIth cent. A 

 very fine copy. 



2. A collection of eleven Turki and Persian MSS. collected 

 by the late Robert Shaw, P/sq., in Central Asia, 



Robert K. Douglas. 



