3S' - : ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



19. The DTwan of Abu Bakr Ahmad b. Sa'Td al-SitalT, a. 

 poet of Oman who flourished about A.H. 500. a.h. 1309' 

 (A.D. 1892). 



20. The Dlwan of Rashid b. KhamTs b. Jum'ah al-HabsT,, 

 an Omani poet born a.h. 1089. Redacted by Sulaiman b. 

 BaParab al 'AkrI in a.h. 1148. a.h. 1257 (a.d. 1841). 



21. Saba'ik al-lahln, a dlwan of poems by Humaid b. Muh. 

 b. Ruzaik, completed in a.h. 1243. XlXth cent. 



22. Kitab al-dalTl li-ahl al-'ukiil, a theological treatise by 

 Abu Ya'kub Yiisuf b. Ibrahim al-SadrabT, an IbadT author of 

 Northern Africa who wrote about A.D. 1200. A.h, 1314 

 (A.D. 1897). 



Armenian MSS. — 1. Yaysmavourkh, the Acta Sanctorum 

 of the Armenian Church. A. Arm. 937 (a.d. 1488). 



2. An extensive treatise on Occult Science, profusely 

 illustrated, by Astouatsatour, son of Yovasaph, of Van. 

 Completed in A. Arm. 1160 (a.d. 1712). XVIIIth cent. A 

 contemporary MS., perhaps autograph. 



Chinese M8. — 1. A collection of Chinese seals, with 

 transliteration of the inscriptions, in 4 vols. XlXth cent. 



Coptic MSS. — 1. A large collection of (a) 43 Coptic rolls or 

 portions of rolls, five of which are complete legal documents 

 of unusual length and of considerable importance, each dated 

 (Vllth, Vlllth, and IXth cent.) ; (b) fragments equivalent 

 to five more rolls ; (c) 225 sheets containing smaller docu- 

 ments or fragments ; {d) one Arabic roll; and (e) 16 sheets of 

 Arabic fragments. 



Hebrew MSS. — 1. A Hebrew translation of the Canon of 

 Avicenna, Book iii. XYth cent. 



2. 'AsTs RimmonTm, an abridgment of a commentary on 

 Cordovero's system of the Kabbala. XYIIIth cent. 



Hebrew Books. — 1. About 100 volumes, printed partly in 

 the East, and containing translations and treatises in several 

 Persian and Arabic dialects, besides Hebrew texts belonging 

 to various branches of literature, 



Hindi MSS. — 1. Rasa-vilasa, a metrical treatise on the 

 art of poetical expression, by Rai Sivadasa. A.D. 1779. 



2. An album of Paintings, representing figures and scenes 

 from Indian social life. Painted on thin sheets of talc. Early 

 XlXth cent. 



Hindustani MSS. — 1 . A collection of poems upon topics 

 of Muhammadan doctrine in the Dakhani dialect. By 

 Muhammad Bakir Agah, a poet of the XVIIIth cent. 5 

 volumes. 



Karshuni 31SS. — 1. An Arabic version of Ecclesiasticus. 

 XVIIIth-XIXth cent. 



2. Marriage Services. XlXth cent. 



