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In the presses ^ and XVL are two rolls of the 
Pentateuch on vellum, the former of consider¬ 
able antiquity, and the latter much more recent: 
this latter, together with a considerable number 
of Hebrew MSS. and printed books, was pre¬ 
sented by Solomon Da Costa, Esq. 
Against the press ^ hang three specimens of 
minute writing, forming the portraits of Queen 
Anne, Prince George of Denmark, and the 
Duke of Gloucester their son. 
Against the press XVIIL hangs an original 
deed in Latin, written on papyrus, being a con¬ 
veyance of some land to a monastery ; dated 
Ravenna, A° 572, bought at the sale of the 
Pinelli library. And opposite to it is a large 
specimen of the reed (Cyperus Papyrus) of 
which that kind of paper is made. 
In the second window hangs an Italian note to 
Sir William Hamilton, written on modern papy¬ 
rus, explaining the mode of preparing it. 
SEVENTH ROOM. 
THE ROYAL LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
Deposited in XXXIII Presses. 
THE COTTONIAN LIBRARY OF MANUSCRIPTS. 
Deposited in XXI Presses. 
These two libraries are not classed in a strict 
scientific order*. 
In 
* Of the King’s Library, a Catalogue compiled by Mr. David Cas- 
ley was printed in the year 1734, in (luarto : and of the ("ottonian Li¬ 
brary, 
ROOM VI. 
MSS. 
ROOM VIL 
MSS. 
