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



Divan of Rakim, governor of Khorasan under Shah Sulalman Safavi ; Persian; 17th 

 century. 



Kisalat al-Kushairi, a standard work on Sufism • Arabic ; a.h. 718 (a.d. 1318). 4to 



Sharaf Namah i Shahi, a history of Abdullah Khan Uzbek, written a.h. 994, by Hafiz 

 Tanish; Persian. Folio. 



Makhzan ul-Asrar, a poem in Eastern Turkish, by Mir Haidar, with miniatures ; 16th 

 century. 



Divan of Neva'i, or Mir Ali Shir, in Eastern Turkish, with a translation in Persian 

 verse, by Sa'il. 



Poems of Husaini, or Sultan Huoain Baikara, in Eastern Turkish, written by the 

 famous penman, Sultan Ali Meshhedi; 16th century. Folio. 



Of MSS. acquired from other sources the following are the most remarkable: — 



Al-Hawi, a medical work by Najm ud-Din Mahmud Shlrazi; Arabic; A.H. 802 (a.d. 

 1400). Folio. 



Kava'id ul-Ahkam, a voluminous work on Shl'ah law, by Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli; 

 Arabic ;_A.H. 1019 ^.D. 1610). 4to. 



Al-Kafi, a collection of Shi'ah traditions, by al-KalTni; Arabic; a.h. 1072 (a.d. 1661). 

 Folio. Presented, with seven other Arabic and Persian iVlSS., by B. B. Portal, Esq. 



A Coptic fragment, containing part of the Book of Revelation in the Sahidic dialect ; 

 10th century. 



A Shan MS., written in a character resembling Siamese, on long paper slips. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. J. Anderson. 



A Chinese album, containing artistic drawings of jilants, with their names and habitats, 

 in Chinese. Presented by the same. 



Rubbings from sculptured slabs, representing saints, in a Buddhistic Temple, China. 



A botanical treatise on the varieties of the plum tree, with coloured di'avvings, Japa- 

 nese. Presented by E. Gilbertson, Esq. 



Chinese papers of General Charles G. Gordon. Presented by the late Sir Henry 

 William Gordon, K.C.B. 



Kammavacha, the Buddhistic I'itual, on metal leaves, enclosed in ornamental boards ; 

 Pali. Presented by F. H. Crozler, Esq. 



A collection of grammatical and lexicographical treatises ; Pali, with Burmese inter- 

 pretation. Palm leaves. 



BhikkhunT Patlmokham, the Buddhist Office for the confession of nuns ; Pali, with 

 Burmese commentary. Palm leaves. 



Palimuttaka-vinaya-vinicchaya-sangaho, a Buddhistic work in the Burmese character. 

 Palm leaves. 



The number of Oriental MSS. consulted during the year was 2,877, viz., 1,835 in 

 the Students' Room and 1,042 in the Reading Room. The number of separate applica- 

 tions for Oriental MSS. Avas 883. 



Ch. Itieu. 



Department of Prints and DRAviaNGS. 



I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



The removal of the collections to the new Print Room on the upper floor was com- 

 menced on the 21st of February, and the room was opened to students on the 23rd of 

 June. 



The alteration and verification of references in the indexes and catalogues, rendered 

 necessary by the re-arrangement of the collections, has been proceeded with. 



A historical series of woodcuts, engravings in line and stipple, etchings, mezzotints, and 

 lithograjihs, numbering six hundred and sixty-seven examples^ has been arranged on the 

 walls of the second northern gallery, in lieu of the series of reproductions previously 

 exhibited there. The exhibition was opened to the i:)ublic in May, and a guide to it has 

 been issued. 



The Anderson collection of Jnpanese paintings has been transferi'ed from the second 

 northern gallery, where it has hitherto been stored, and has been arranged, following the 

 classification of Mr. Anderson's catalogue, in a new case in the department, specially 

 constructed to receive it. 



The series of drawings by Jacques Andrnuet Du Cerceau for his engraved work " Les 

 Plus Excellents Bastiments de France," which was recently transferred from the 

 King's Library, has been arranged in eight solander cases, and incorpoi'ated with the 

 collection. 



The original etchings by Van Dyck, which constitute the first two sections of Wiblral's 

 ''■ Iconographie d'Antoine Van Dyck," have been re-mounted on sunk boards, and 

 arranged in three portfolios. 



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