ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I3 



JVJany volumes on the subject of Heraldry and Genealogy, English and Foreign, acquired 

 at the Wellesley and Wil lenient sales. 



A number of original Charters (many with Seals) relating to Kent, from the Bering 

 Collection. 



The greater part of tlie Book of Job, in Arabic, written on vellum at the beginning of 

 the 9ih century, of much palasographical value. 



A Collection of about 430 volumes in Persian, Arabic, Sanscrit, and other languages, 

 formerly belonging to William Eiskine (translator of the Emperor Baber's Memoirs), illus- 

 trative of Oriental History, and especially the Mohammedan dynasties of India. 



Another Collection of Persian Manuscripts, which belonged to the late Sir John Malcolm, 

 Ambassador in Persia, many of which are very remarkable as specimens of Eastern art in 

 the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. 



The Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts, in 308 volumes, formed by the late Giuseppe 

 Aluianzi, of Padua. Fifty-two of these are on vellum, and the dates extend from the 13th 

 to the 16th centuries. Every branch of Hebrew literature is represented in them ; but one 

 volume, written on vellum at the beginning of the 14th century, with many miniatures, is 

 of peculiar value as illustrative of art. 



A copy, on vellum, of the Hebrew Lexicon of Menachem ben Saruk, dated a.d. 1091 ; 

 probably the oldest copy existing-. 



The»Papers of the well-known Oriental scholars. Dr. John Leyden and William Erskine, 

 in 67 volumes. Presented by C. J. Erskine, Esq. 



Many Autograph Letters and Signatures of distinguished personages, among which are 

 those of the Doges Marino Faliero and Francesco Foscari, the poet Boiardo, Ren6 dAnjou, 

 the historian Philippe de Comynes, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, Andrea Doria, Car- 

 dinal Pole, Vasari, Cosmo di Medici, Carlo Borromeo, Pope Pius VH., and others. 



25. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Room during the 

 past year amounts to 21,311, and to Artists and others in the rooms of the Department, to 

 4,199, exclusive of the volumes shown to Visitors on private days. 



Frederic Madden. 



Department of Oriental, British, and Mediaeval Antiquities, and 



Ethnography. 



L — Arrangement. 



A new table-case has been placed in the Kouyunjik Gallery, and Assyrian Antiquities 

 are displayed therein. An additional table-case has been placed in the British and Mediaeval 

 Room. 



In the Egyptian series 215 objects have been examined and catalogued, including 48 

 Papyri, an inscribed leathern roll, and 39 Gnostic Amulets. 



117 Egyptian objects have been mounted, among which are twelve tablets or sculptures 

 of a large size, which have been fixed on stone plinths ; a glass case has been placed over 

 an Egyptian statue ; and the arrangements of the first Egyptian Room have been modified, 

 so as to admit of the incorporation of recent acquisitions. 



Among the Egyptian Papyri 27 pieces have been cleaned, 55 have been covered with 

 glass and bound, and 2 large pieces have been framed, glazed, and attached to the walls of 

 the North West Staircase. 



The table-cases of the Kouyunjik Gallery have been re-arranged, and a larger number of 

 objects laid out for exhibition in the Assyrian Basement. 



2290 inscribed Assyrian tablets, have been arranged in the table-cases of the Kouyunjik 

 Gallery, and 560 select specimens placed in boxes; 85 broken tablets have been repaired. 



Four Assyrian fculptures liave been mounted on stone bases and exhibited, 96 minor 

 Assyrian Antiquities have been mounted, including 36 Assyrian cyhnders and gems, and 

 34 fragments of ivory carvings. 



The sculptures and casts of sculptures from Persepolis and Hadji Abad, have been 

 arranged and fixed on the north and west walls of the Assyrian Transept, completing the 

 arrangement of that part of the collection. 



Four late Punic Stelce have been mounted on stone plinths. 



105 objects in the British Collection have been mounted on tablets ; 257 mediaeval seals 

 and sii^net rings have been mounted and exhibited, together with impressions at their sides. 



In the Ethnographical Room, twelve cases on the south side have been repainted, in a 

 portion of which the collection of Mexican antiquities has been re-arranged, duplicates and 

 specimens of doubtful antiquity having been previously removed ; 26 Mexican vases have 

 been repaired. 



Nine Hindoo sculptures have been mounted on stone bases. 



In the collection of moulds from seals, type impressions from the great seals of the 

 United Kingdom have been made, as well as from the great seals of France; 139 moulds 

 of Gertnan seals and 11 of Wiltshire seals have been added. 



In the collections generally, 3,089 objects have been registered, including the whole of 

 the acquisitions of the year 1865. These additions have been, as far as possible, incorpo- 



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