36 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Arabic Books. — 1. An account of the actions of Zubair 

 Pasha Rahamah and his sons in the Sudan, by General Gordon^ 

 with a justification of his own proceedings against them, 

 Khartum, 1879. 8°. 



2. L' Alcoran de Mahomet. Translated by le Sieurdu Ryer,. 

 First edition. Rare. Paris, 1647. 4". 



Armenian MS. — The " Yayismawourkh," the Acta Sanc- 

 torum of the Armenian Church. Copied in the district of 

 Ararat. A.D. 1603. Large fol. 



Burmese MS. — An illustrated tale relating to events con- 

 nected with the town of Kapilavastu. 19th cent. 



Chinese Book. — The Kwanyin Sutra, illustrated with wood 

 engravings. This work is nearly a hundred years earlier 

 than the print of St. Christopher (1423), which is the earliest 

 dated block-print known in Europe. 1331. Oblong 8°. 



Co2:>tic 3ISS. — 1. A complete letter on papyrus, containing 

 a legal requisition {tvrayiov) referring to a financial pledge 

 or undertaking (acr^aXfm). 8th to 10th century. 



2. Eighteen fragments on papyrus of the Psalms in the 

 Sa'idic dialect, a copy made in the 9th-10th century of a 6th 

 century MS. 



Corean Book.— The " Sam Kang heng sil." Examples of the 

 three cardinal objects of duty. Printed in Chinese and Corean 

 with movable copper type by order of the Corean King Sye- 

 chong. Illustrated with wood engravings. 1434. Fol. 



Hehreiv MSS. — 1. A Persian translation of the Psalms, fol- 

 lowed by several liturgical poems in the same language. 

 Hebrew character. A.D. 1812. Sm. 4°. 



2. Timsal Namah, the story of the seven Vezirs, redacted 

 by Rabbi Yehudah ; the legends of Eldad the Danite ; 

 Makhzan ul Pand, «S3C. 19th cent. Persian in the Hebrew 

 character. 4°. 



3. The Prince and the Sufi (i.e., Barlaam and Josaphat) in 

 Persian verse, and in the Hebrew character, followed by 

 liturgical poems in Hebrew and Persian. A.D. 1812. Sm. 4^. 



4. Bible stories in Persian verse by Molla ShahTn. Hebrew 

 character. 1702. 4°. 



5. Daniyrd Nilmah, or History of Daniel, by an author 

 describing himself as Bukhajah Bukhara'i. Persian in the 

 Hebrew character. 1816. Sm. 4°. 



6. Kitab ul-Usul, or Book of Roots, the Hebrew Dictionary 

 of 'Abul W?Jkl Marwfm ibn Janah. Arabic in the Hebrew 

 character. Probably 14th century. Ful. 



7. A redaction 



