ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS. THE KORAN. KÛFIC FRAGMENTS. 1. Size 3¼ in. by 5 in.; foll. 64. Five lines in a page. Kûfic MS. on parchment, containing fragments /?/rahs 36–39, viz. (foll. 2v.–6) Sû. 36, 26–40; (foll. /?/, 7–8)1 47–71; (foll. 9–11) 74 to the end; (foll. 12, /?/) Sû. 37, 1–15; (foll. 21–28) 20–64; (foll. 29–31) /?/ (foll. 32–38) 102–145; (foll. 39–47) 151 to Sû. /?/; (foll. 48–59) 16–50; (foll. 60–61) 59–65; (fol. 62) the end, and the title of Sû. 39; (fol. 63, in four and in another handwriting) Sû. 39, 31–32, with /?/words كتبه على ابوطالب (sic). /?/und characters; wide spaces; occasional red dots /?/wels. Verses divided by gold ornaments; every verse likewise marked by larger ones. The titles /?/e Sûrahs have not been filled in. The whole MS. more recently been bordered with thick paper, /?/h is entirely gilt and ornamented. At the beginning 1 and 2r.) Sûrah 1; at the end the usual epilogue, صدق ال, both within ornaments. Bound in leather, overed with silk. /?/ MS. is said to have been "brought into Hindostan by lane, and sent from Lahore to Paris." 2. 39 a. Size 4 in. by 6 in.; foll. 52. Three lines in a page. Another Kûfic fragment, containing (foll. 1–34) Sû. 2, 254–282, and (foll. 35–51) Sû. 3, 14–32. Large characters, rather cursive; the لا flourished in a peculiar way. A few red dots for vowels. Verses marked in the same way as in the preceding MS. Bordered with paper, highly ornamented and gilt. The last leaf—on the back of which are also Kûfic charac- ters, but nearly effaced—bears on the recto, within ornaments, the words كتب حسن بن على (sic). On some pages the letters have vanished; the margin is slightly injured. Bound in gilt leather. 3. 40 a. Size 4¾ in. by 7 in.; foll. 46. Nine lines in a page. Another Kûfic fragment, containing Sû. 1, 6 نعمت — 2, 160 كحب; large, long-shaped characters; vowel- points red, green, or yellow, in a few cases also blue. Sometimes, as if to indicate various readings, small lines are added on د, in green or red, instead of dia- critical points. Verses divided by gold ornaments; every tenth marked by larger ones, which contain the number. The title of Sû. 2 is on a gold ground. The first eighteen leaves have been misplaced in binding.