l6 ACCOUNTS, &C,, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



the Hagiographa with Massora, dated a.d. 1582, and 10 volumes of the commentary of 

 Maimonides upon the Mishna. 



Among the remaining acquisitions of the year the following demand a special 

 notice : — 



A large folio, written on vellum in the 14th or 15 th century, and containing all the 

 books of the Hebrew canon, except the Pentateuch, "with Massora, and with grotesque 

 initials. 



A Hebrew Bible, written on vellum in a neat Spanish hand, and dated a.m. 5006 

 (a.d. 1245). 



A vellum MS., written in an early form of the Cufic character, probably in the 8th 

 century, and containing about two-thirds of the Coran ; brought from Egypt by the 

 Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Mubhamat al-Kur'tln, a commentary on some passages of the Coran by 'Abd al-Rah- 

 man al-Suhaili; dated Damascus, A.H. 644 (a.d. 1247). 



Al-Mughnl, a manual of medicine, Avritten for the Khalif al-Muktadi by Abul Hasan 

 Sa'Td Ibn Hibat Allah. Arabic; 13th century. 



Al-'Ubab, a commentary upon Kitab al-Adab, an Arabic anthology by Sana al-Mulk 

 Ibn Shams al-Khilafah. Arabic ; A.H. 1086. 



Silat al-Simt, an historical commentary upon the Shakratisiyyah, a poem treating of 

 the early conquests of the Muslims, by Ibn Shabbat al-Tauzari. Arabic; a.h. 1113. 



The commentary of Salah al-DTn Khalil al-Safadl upon the Lamiyyat al-Ajam, care- 

 fully written with all the vowels, and dated A.H. 849 (a.d. 1445); Arabic. 



A'ln i Akbarl, a statistical account of the court and empire of Akbar, by Abul-Fazl ; 

 from the collection of the late Col. Geo. Wm. Hamilton ; Persian. This copy is described 

 by the learned editor of the work, H. Blochmann, as the best of the MSB. which he had 

 at his disposal. 



Amal i Salih, a history of the reign of Shahjahiiu, by Muhammad Salih, with minia- 

 tures; Persian, 18th century. 



PrithT Raja Rayas, a poetical history of Prithl Raja, by Chand ; Hindi; 17th 

 century. 



Six manuscripts from the library of the late Professor Garcin de Tassy, of the French 

 Institute, viz. : Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, two biographical dictionaries 

 of Hindustani poets by Ali Ibrahim Khan and Sheftah, the Divan of Afsos, and the 

 Siyahat Namah, an account of a journey to England, by KarTm Khan; Hindustani. 



Seven manuscripts from the library of the late Claudius James Rich, presented by 

 Claude Erskine, Esq. They include a Divan of Hafiz, collated by Mr, Rich's Munshi, 

 with the copy kept at the poet's tomb, a history of the Zand dynasty, by Ali Riza, and a 

 minute copy of the Coran of hexagonal shape, dated A.H. 950. 



Anguttara Nikaya, Abhidhammattha Sangaha, Atthastdini, and other Buddhistic works 

 in Pali, with Burmese commentaries, written on palm leaves. 



A diary of the first Japanese naission to the United States of America, in 10 volumes ; 

 Japanese. 



A book of picture-writing ; from the mountains which divide Burniah from China ; 

 presented by Capt. William Gill, of the Royal Engineers. 



The number of Oriental MSS. delivered to readers during the year was 2,020 ; viz., 452 

 in the Reading Room, and 1,568 in the Department. 



The number of readers who consulted Oriental MSS. was 1,032, viz. 452 in the 

 Reading Room, and 580 in the Department of MSS. 



Ch. Rieu. 



Department of Oeiental Antiquities. 



I. — Arrangements. 



In the Egyptian division, the following arrangements have been made ; — 



Three Egyptian tablets have been repaired. 



Ten small figures have been mounted on polished alabaster plinths. 



One large head has been mounted on a new granite pedestal in the North Egyptian 

 Gallery. 



Portions of a cast of an Egyptian sarcophagus have been placed on new Portland stone 

 plinths in the South Egyptian Gallery. 



Several Egyptian sculptures in the South Egyptian Gallery have been repaired. 



The granite and Portland stone plinths in the Egyptian Galleries have been washed 

 and cleaned. 



The store casts have been dusted. 



15 small figures and six heads from Cyprus have been mounted on new Caen stone 

 plinths. 



One tablet from Carthage has been mounted on a new Caen stone plinth. 



45 Egyptian figures have been mounted. 



Two Egyptian figures have been repaired.' 



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