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THE MANUSCRIPT SALOON. 
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on very thin vellum of the fifth century. The Codex is bound in 
four volumes, and was presented to King Charles I. by Cyril, 
Patriarch of Constantinople. (2.) The Books of Genesis and Exodus, 
according to the Peshito or Syriac version; written in the year 464, 
and believed to be the earliest dated MS. extant of any entire books 
of the Scriptures. 
Case B. — The Bible, in the Vulgate Latin text, as revised by 
Alcuin, Abbat of Tours, by command of Charlemagne, between the 
years 796 and 800. The present copy was probably written about 
the year 840; and is ornamented with large miniatures and initial 
letters. 
Case C. — A double roll containing the Pentateuch, written on goat- 
skin in the fourteenth century. 
Case D. — A volume of the Koran, in Arabic, written in gold in the 
year 1305-6. 
The following Deeds and Papyri are exhibited in frames 
attached to the wainscot, in the north-west and north-east 
corners of the Room. 
On the West Side. — (1.) Instrument, in Latin, on papyrus, 
measuring 8£ feet by 1 foot, containing a deed of sale of property 
in Rimini; dated at Ravenna in the year 572. (2, 3.) Photographs 
of two copies of the Magna Chakta of King John, a.d. 1215, 
preserved in the Museum collection. (4.) Passport, on papyrus, 
granted by the Governor of Egypt in a.d. 750. (5.) Charter of 
Alphonso the Wise, King of Castile, of a.d. 1254, in which year, it is 
added, Edward, son of Henry III. of England, received knighthood 
from King Alphonso at Burgos. It is attested by the Moorish Kings 
of Granada, Murcia, and Niebla, and by seventy-seven prelates and 
nobles, assembled, no doubt, to celebrate the marriage of Eleanor of 
Castile with Prince Edward of England. (6.) Act constituting a 
municipal council for the city of Cologne, in 1396 ; with the seals of 
the various guilds. (7.) Original Bull of Pope Leo X., conferring on 
King Henry VIII. the title of Defender of the Faith, a.d. 1521. 
(8.) Agreement respecting Sir Richard Steele's profits in Drurv Lane 
Theatre, 1721. 
On the East Side. — A series of Papyri, four in Coptic and one in 
Greek, relating to the monastery of St. Phoebamon, near Hermonthis 
in Egypt ; of the eighth and ninth centuries. 
At the north end of the Room are two table-cases in which 
are displayed impressions of royal, ecclesiastic, monastic, and 
baronial Seals ; the greater number being attached to original 
documents. 
The West Table contains a complete set of impressions of the 
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