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(23) Al-jawahir al-thaminah, a description of Medina and 

 its neighbourliood, by Muh. Kibrit al-Madanl. xviith century. 

 8°. 



(24) A ms. containing four Druze religious works, xviith 

 century. 8°. 



(25) Ihkak al-hakk, a Shiah work in answer to the Ibtal 

 al-nahj of Fadl b. Ruzbahan, a criticism upon the Shiah book 

 Kashf al-hakk wa nahj al-sidk wa sawab of Al-Hilli ; b}' Nur 

 Allah Shushtari. Together with the text of Al-Hilli's work. 

 Copied A.H. 1103 (a.d^. 1691-2). 4°. 



(26) Lulu ata'i al-bahrain, lives of learned Shiahs, by Yusuf 

 b. Ahmad al-Bahrani. xviiith century. 8'\ 



(27) Saba'ik al-'asjad, a biography of Ahmad b. Muh. Nahl 

 Rizk al-As'ad and other contemporary poets, etc., by 'Uthman 

 b. Sanad al-Basri. xixth century. 8°. 



Arabic and Persian MSS. — (1) A Persian commentary on 

 portions of the Koran, by Abu Bakr b. 'TJmar b. Abu al-Fadl. 

 Copied A.H. 867 (a.d. 1462-3). 16". 



(2) A volume containing various religious works, chiefly 

 by Al-Ghazzali. xviith century. 16". 



Coptic MSS. — (1) A collection of fragments of Coptic 

 papyri, about 150 in number, containing portions of the Bible 

 (chiefly from the Gospel of John) and miscellaneous patristic 

 works, with some documents. Presented by Henry Martyn 

 Kennard, Esq. 



Hebrew MS. — (1) The commentary upon the Jewish 

 Prayer-book by David b. Joseph Abudraham, in a North 

 African hand. Copied a.m. 5237 (a.d. 1477). 4". 



Hebrew Books. — (1) Sepher Misvoth Gadol, a treatise on 

 religious duties by Moses b. Jacob of Coucy. Apparently 

 printed at Rome, before 1840. Fol. 



(2) The Former Prophets (Joshua to Kings), with com- 

 mentaries. 3 vols. Leiria, 1494. 4°. 



(3) Tur Orah Hayyim, a digest of religious law. Leiria, 

 1495. 4". 



(4) Abudraham's Commentary on the Prayer-book. Fez, 

 1516. 4°. 



Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic MS. — (1) The Samaritan 

 Pentateuch, with the Aramaic and Arabic versions in parallel 

 columns. Finely written on vellum, about A.D. 1200. Fol. 



Manipuri MS. — (1) A ms. written on thin plates of wood, 

 in the archaic Manipuri character, xviith or xviiith century. 



Persian MSS. — (1) Zij-namah, a calendar computed in the 

 second quarter of the 7th century of the Hijra, at the observa- 

 tory of Maragha. Copied A.H. 676 (a.d. 1277-8) 4^ 



