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maiolica ; a Byzantine medaUion of cloisonne enamel, the 

 gift of Mr. Charles J. Wertheimor ; and an important series 

 of temple-pictures and other objects fi-om Tibet presented by 

 the Government of India. 



The Department of Coins and Medals has been enriched 

 by a most important donation, from Dr. F. Parkes Weber, of 

 Greek and Roman coins, and of mediaeval and modern, 

 British and Colonial, and Oriental coins and medals, making 

 a total of upwards of 5,500 pieces. 



Gifts of Museum publications, including reproductions of 

 prints and drawings by Old Masters and sets of electrotypes 

 of British Historical Medals, have been made to Free 

 Libraries, Local Museums, and Art Schools throughout the 

 United Kingdom, and "to institutions in various Colonies. 



The following are the publications issued by the Depart- 

 ments at Bloomsbury during the year : — 



Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, etc., in the 

 British Museum. Parts XXIL and XXIII. 1906. Foolscap, 

 7a-. 6d. each part. 



Coptic and Greek Texts of the Christian Period from 

 Ostraka, Stelae, etc., in the British Museum. By H. R. Hall. 

 100 plates. 1905. Foolscap, 21. 



Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia. By Barclay V. 

 Head. With map and 53 plates. 1906. 8vo, 21. 



Medallic Illustrations of the Historv of Great Britain and 

 Ireland. Plates XLI-L. Part V. 1906. Portfolio, 6s. 



Catalogue of MS. Music in the British Museum. By 

 Augustus Hughes-Hughes. Vol. 1. Sacred Vocal Music. 

 1906. 8vo, 21s. 



Subject Index of the Modern Works added to the Library 

 of the British Museum in the Years 1901-1905. 1906. 

 8vo, 21. 



Catalogue of Printed Books. Excerpt. " Byron." 1906. 

 4to, Is. 



Catalogue of the Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, 

 Oriya, Pushtu, and Sindhi MSS. in the Library of the British 

 Museum. By J. F. Blumhardt, M.A. 1905. 4to, 11. 



Early Engraving and Engravers in England (1545-1695). 

 A Critical and Historical Essay by Sidney Colvin. With 

 41 photogravure facsimiles and 46 illustrations. 1905. Folio, 

 51. 5s. 



Reproductions of Prints. New Series. Part XV. (Speci- 

 mens of Line Engraving by German Masters of the Eighteenth 

 Century). 11 plates. 1906. 2L 



Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon ; (a section of 

 the Catalogue of Sculpture, Vol. 1). 3rd Edition. 1906. 

 8vo, Is. 



Guide to the MSS., Autographs, Charters, Seals, Illumina- 

 tions, and Bindings exhibited in the Department of Manu- 

 scripts. With 30 plates. 3rd Edition. 1906. 8vo, 6c^. 

 British Museum, | E. Maunde Thompson, 



30 March, 1907. ) Director and Principal Librarian. 



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