92 Dr. Hoernle —Antiquities from Central Asia. [Extra No. I,, 
No. II. Book. 
Belongs to M. 9. Size 7fx5f". Number of forms, 22|, the 
seventh form consisting of only one leaf. Paper, variety III6. A few 
leaves damaged by burns and fatty stains. Riveted with three copper 
pegs, the guards on one side consisting of large fragments of the 
plaque, shown on Plate IV, fig. 1. 
Contains recension Va, printed, as a rule, in two columns on each 
page ; the columns consisting, as a rule, each of four repetitions of the 
formula, and running parallel to the narrower side of the book. 
On a few pages there are only three repetitions in the column ; the 
formula accordingly occurs, as a rule, eight times, and exceptionally 
six times, on every page. The columns are placed in the same direction 
on every page, that is to say, line 1 of the formula always stands 
alternately near the outer and inner edges of the page, so that in reading 
the book, it does not require to be turned round. There is only one 
exceptional page (evidently a misprint) in which the columns are 
reversed. Thus 
Regular Pages. Exceptional Pages. 
4th 5th Regular Reversed. 
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As the space is barely sufficient to accomodate the whole breadth 
of the columns, it happens that occasionally the terminal letters on 
one side (a, a, a, a) of the formula, at other times those on the other 
side (d, d, d, d) are omitted. It is thus impossible to use these omis¬ 
sions as a test for determining the initial and final sides of the formula. 
The eleventh form is a total exception : on it the text is printed in one 
column, which consists of six imprints of the formula, and runs 
parallel to the longer side of the book. 
No. III. Book. 
Belongs to M. 7. Found at Aq Tala Tuz. Size, ll^Xfif". 
Number of forms, 52. Paper, variety IIIc. Initial and final leaves 
damaged ; otherwise well preserved. Riveted with three nails; guards 
round pieces, as shown on Plate IV, fig. 3. 
Contains recension Va, printed in one column on each page, run¬ 
ning parallel to the longer side of the book, and consisting of (as a 
rule) seven, or (sometimes) eight impressions of the formula. When 
