ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 13 



Paritta, and a collection of legends, two Buddhistic works in Pali and in the Cingalese 

 character. 



The original tracings of a Buddhistic inscription, in six languages and as many 

 characters, engraved A.D. 1345, on a gateway at Kew Yung Kwan, near the Chinese 

 wall. Pi'ocured by Dr. Wylie. 



Sepher Mitsvoth Gadol, by Moses of Coucy. Hebrew; A.D. 1390. 



Two Karaite Commentaries on the Pentateuch. Hebrew ; 16th century. 



A Karaite Exposition of the Decalogue ; two volumes. Hebrew; 16th century. 



Two Karaite Service-books. Hebrew; 16th century. 



Two Commentaries on the Mishkat, a collection of Mohammedan tradition. Arabic : 

 17 th century. 



Two volumes of Al-Mabsut, an extensive work on Hanafite law. Arabic • 17th 

 century. 



Rauzat us-sala and Akbar-namah, two historical works. Persian; 17th century. (The 

 MSS. mentioned in the last three entries have been acquired with the Warren Hastino-s 

 Papers.) 



The Granth, or Sacred Book of the Sikhs. 



The folloM-ing MSS. are from a collection formed by M. Alexandre Jaba, Eussian 

 Consul at Erzeroom : 



The Shahnamah of Firdausi, translated into Turkish for the Mamlook Sultan Ghauri, 

 about A.D. 1500. 



Humayun-Nameh, the Turkish version of the Fables of Bidpai' ; a.d. 1552. 



'Awarif ul-Ma'arif, an extensive Sufi work. Turkish; a.d. 1459. 



The Khamseh, or five Poems of Yahya Shebtevi. Turkish ; a.d. 1580. 



The Diwan of Nawa'i in Eastern Turkish, 16t]i century. 



Al-Kamus, or Arabic. Thesaurus. A.D. 1530. 



Mukaddimat al-Adab, an Arabic Glossary, by Zamakhshari. A.D. 1460. 



A Commentary by al-Isfara'ini on the Misbah, a Treatise of Arabic grammar, a d 

 1320. 



Bab? al-Abrar, a collection of moral maxims, by Zamakhshari. Arabic; a.d. 1208. 



Manzumat al-lSTasafi, a treatise of Mohammedan law. Arabic; a.d. 1385. 



Makamat al-Harlrij with miniatures, i^rabic; a.d. 1256. 



Tabrlzi's Commentary on the Mu'allakat and the Najdiyyat of al- Abiwardi. Arabic- 

 A.D. 1304. 



A Commentary on the Maksurah of Ibn Duraid. Arabic ; a.d. 1287. 



The Diwan of Jarlr, a poet of the first century of the Hijrah ; Part III. (The only 

 copy known in Europe.) Arabic. 



The Diwan of Amir Khusrau of Dehli, beautifully written a.d. 1490. Persian. 



The Khamsah, or five poems of Nizami. Persian. A fine cojjy, with miniatures. 

 A.D. 1554. 



The Diwan of Jami. Persian ; a.d. 1489. 



Ch. jRieu. 



Department of Oriental Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement. 



In the Egyptian division three sepulchral pyramidions have been re-mounted on new 

 Portland stone pedestals, and placed under glass for protection. 



A bronze Egyptian figure of Osiris, has been mounted on a stone plinth, and placed 

 under a glass shade in the Southern Gallery. 



A small Egyptian figure has been mounted on a stone plinth in tlie Northern 

 Gallery. 



The mountings of the mural paintings in tempera from Egyptian tombs, exhibited 

 in the Northern Gallery, have been repaired and cleaned. 



Several small objects chiefly from Tel el Yahoudeh, have been arranged in a table 

 case in the Northern Gallery. 



Two small Egyptian statues have been glazed and mounted in the vestibule of the 

 Northern Gallery. 



Four large mummy coffins have been cleaned, and placed in two large temporary glass 

 cases on the landing of the staircase of the 1st Egyjitian Room. 



18 Egyptian sun-dried bricks have been placed in glazed boxes, and 15 of them repaired 

 for better preservation. 



Improved arrangements have been made of some of the cases of the Egyptian Rooms, 

 and an interesting collection of glazed tiles, obtained by the Reverend G. Chester, at 

 Tel el Y^ahoudeh, temporarily arranged in a table case of the second Egyptiai.' Room. 



A new table case for holding antiquities from Cyprus^ acquired from IC. H. Lang, 

 Esq., H.M. Consul in Cyprus, has been placed in the Assyrian Transept, and two statues 

 of calcareous stone from the same island, placed on pedestals adjoining the case. 



A new table case has been placed in the Nimroud Gallery. 



188. B 3 10 Assyrian 



