ACCOUNTS, ESTI,'\IATES, &C. OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 10 



Indexes to the Episcopal Registers of Winchester, by W. T. Alchin. 



Autograph Musical Compositions and Collections for a Dictionary of Music, by J. W. 

 Callcott. In 61 volumes. 



Operas and other Works, composed for the Theatre Eoyal, Covent Garden, by Sir 

 Henry R. Bishop, in the years 1809-1840. Thirty volumes. 



Score of the Opera of Oheron, by C. M. von Weber, with autograph corrections. 

 Handel's Messiah, with alterations by Sir G. Smart; and Anthems and other compositions, 

 by T. S. Dupuis. In 17 volumes. Bequeathed by the late Sir George T. Smart. 



Collections for a History of Cistercian Architecture in England, by John Chassell 

 Buckler, Esq. Vols. 2, 3, and 7. Presented by the author. 



English Translation of Domesday Book, by the late Rev. William Bawdwen. In six 

 volumes. Presented by his heirs. 



Chronological Tables of the Spanish Dramatists and their works, by the late J. R. 

 Chorley, Esq. In Spanish. In three volumes. Bequeathed by the author. 



29. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts in the Reading Room during the year 

 was 12,508, and of Manuscripts used by artists and others in the department 1,885, in 

 addition to those shown to visitors. 



Edw. A. Bond. 



Oeiental Manuscripts. 



During the year ended 31 December 1867, the following progress has been made in 

 the work connected with the collection of Oriental Manuscripts : — 



Arabic Catalogue. — The last portion of the Addenda et Corrigenda, viz., from p. 307 to 

 the end, has been revised for the press. 



The Index Auctorum and Index Operum have been completed by entries referring to 

 Appendix Tertia, and both have been revised for the press. 



Twenty-five sheets, viz., 8 T — 9 U, containing the end of Appendix Tertia, Addenda 

 et Corrigenda, and the two Indices, have been carried through the press. 



Syriac Catalogue. — This Catalogue has been completed in manuscript by full descrip- 

 tions of the following MSS. :— Egerton, 681, 703, 704, 709; Harl, 5,512, and Sloan., 3,597. 



It has been arranged into classes and submitted to a final revision, which has been 

 carried out from No. i. to No. dccxxxviii. 



The Erskine Collection, Add. 26,119-26,554, has been labelled, bound, and partly 

 placed on the shelves. 



Full descriptions have been written for the special Oriental Catalogues of the following 

 MSS. :— Add. 25,841-25,867,26,459-26,554, 27,540-27,541; Oriental, 1-11, 14-29, 

 30-38. 



Short descriptions and entries into the Oriental Register have been written for the 

 following MSS. :— Add. 26,456-26,554, 27,542, 27,554-61 ; Oriental, 1-70. 



Acquisitinns. 

 The following additions have been made to the Collection of Oriental Manuscripts: — 

 56 MSS. by purchase. 

 16 „ by donation. 



Total 72, which, with regard to languages, may be specified as follows : — 

 Arabic ---------19 



Hebrew ---------17 



Turkish - 11 



Sanscrit and Nepaulese - - - - - -11 



Persian ---------9 



Japanese ---------2 



Coptic ---------1 



Hindustani - - - -.- - - -1 



Oriya -__------l 



The acquisitions which appear to deserve a special notice are the following: — 



Six volumes of " Tarikh al Islam," an important historical work of the 14th century ; 

 a contemporary transcript from the author's autograph. 



Tarikh e Baihaki ; a contemporary history of Mahmood, of Ghaznee, the first Moham- 

 medan conqueror of India. 



An Arabic Papyrus, dated A. H., 133 (a. d. 750), one of the earliest monuments of 

 Arabic writing. 



A " Machzor," or Hebrew Service Book of the 15th century, with grotesque initials. 



A Coptic Papyrus of the 8th century, relating to the consecration of a male child by 

 its mother to the Monastery of S. Phoebamon. Presented by G. H. Vaughan, Esq. 



Eleven Nepaulese MSS. from Khatmandoo, Nepaul. Presented by Dr. William 

 Wright. 



C. Rieu. 



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