18 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities 

 benefited very largely by the munificence of private donors. 

 Besides a great number of minor objects, three large and 

 very important collections were acquired in this way, namely^ 

 the Greenwell Collection of Bronze Age Antiquities, pre- 

 sented by J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq. ; the Falcke Collection of 

 Wedgwood ware, presented by Isaac Falcke, Esq., and Mrs. 

 Falcke ; and a very important and well-preserved series of 250 

 pottery vases from ancient graves in Peru, presented by H. 

 Van den Bergh, Esq. These will be found described in fuller 

 detail below. The Ethnographical Section was also enriched 

 by a large series of objects from the Kasai District in the^ 

 Congo State, acquired by the expedition under the command of 

 Mr. E. Torday, and a further portion of the same collection was- 

 presented by the Christy Trustees. 



The Department of Coins and Medals acquired in all 2,495 

 items, the most important of which are described below. 



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 : — 



Texts relating to Saint Mena of Egypt and Canons of Nicaea, 

 in a Nubian Dialect. Edited by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D. 

 With facsimile. 1909. 8vo., 12.s. 



Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c., in the 

 British Museum. Part XXV. 50 plates. 1909. Foolscap,. 

 7s. 6cl 



Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, &c., in the- 

 British Museum. Part XXVI. 54 plates. 1909. Foolscap^ 



12s. 



Catalogue of Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era, with 

 examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone. By 

 O. M, Palton, With 125 plates, 1909. 4to., 21. 2s, 



Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and 

 Ireland. Parts X. and XI. 10 plates each. 1909. Folio, 6s. 

 each part. 



Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum.. 

 By Augustus Hughes-Hughes. Vol. IIL Instrumental Music^ 

 Treatises, etc. 1909. 8vo., IL l^. 



Codex Alexandrinus, in reduced collotype facsimile : New] 

 Testament and Clementine Epistles. 1909. 4to., portfolio.' 

 11. 10s. 



