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specimens from Nazareth and Hamath, a large number of 

 coin weights and bottle-stamps with Arabic inscriptions from 

 Egypt, and fifty glass vessels of various kinds from the same 

 country ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Forty-eight glass vessels from Tadmor, Tyre, etc., and a fine 

 Roman bowl with pillar moulding. 



Heart-shaped pendant and fragments of ornamented vessels 

 from Tell el Amarna, Egypt; presented by Percy E. New- 

 berry, Esq. 



An Arab bottle with gilding and enamel, probably of the 

 thirteenth century. 



(6.) Collection illustrating various Religions : — 

 (a.) Christianity. — Large painting on linen representing 

 the Crucifixion, obtained in Abyssinia and presented by 

 J. Theodore Bent, Esq., F.S.A. A sistrum, crosses, etc., from 

 the same country ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A Coptic tombstone of Sophrone, and a disc with an eagle, 

 of the same period ; from a monastery in Upper Egypt. 



(b.) Judaism. — Scroll of the Law written in Spain, with 

 its silk mantle, pointer, and breastplate ; presented by 

 Leonard L. Cohen, Esq. Two silver ornaments with bells, for 

 the Scroll of the Law, and two hanuca lamps ; presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Two Megillas or MS. scrolls of the book of Esther, shophar 

 or trumpet, phylacteries, etc. ; presented by H. Montagu, Esq., 

 F.S.A. Two silver cases for phylacteries ; presented by Wolf 

 Myers, Esq. An old embroidered bag for phylacteries ; pre- 

 sented by W. N. Adler, Esq. ; and a mezuzah for doorposts ; 

 presented by the Rev. Herman Adler, Chief Rabbi. 



(c.) Islamism. — An illuminated Koran of the sixteenth cen- 

 tury, in original ornamented binding, that belonged to a 

 branch of the royal family of Delhi, Persian silver prayer- 

 compass and twelve amulets ; presented by A. W. Franks, 

 Esq. Three inscribed amulets ; presented by the Rev. Thomas 

 Calvert. 



(d.) Confucianism and Shintoism. — Confucian box used 

 in divination ; presented by the Rev. K. Minakata. Model in 

 lacquer, metal, etc., of a mikoshi or moveable shrine (Shinto) 

 from Japan ; presented by the Rev. W. D. Parish : and a 

 painting on silk representing the procession in which such a 

 shrine is carried ; presented by J. Edge Partington, Esq. 



Wooden model of a Shinto temple; presented by C. H. 

 Read, Esq. A Shinto shrine of black and gold lacquer, and 

 shrine of the Fox god Dagini Ten; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



(e.) Brahmanism.— A collection of objects from Nepal, 



showing a mixture of Brahmanism and Buddhism, but chiefly 



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