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the Georgian “Barlaam" are insufficient to and the second with the name of Mangu Kaan. decide the question whether the author of this More such finds would be most desirable, as they version was called Sophron, son of Isaac, or would help to give a certain date to all such Isaac, son of Sophron.
sepultures in Bulgar. 3. The Etymology of the Armenian Sepouh
VIII.-Miscellanea. and the Georgian Sepé, by N. J. Marr. These
1. Translations from Persian, Turkish and titles, according to M. Marr, go back through a
Arabic; Imitations of Oriental Poets. by M. G. series of transformations to the Avestic
Delightful poems, faithful renderings of orienVisputhra. The argumentation is very able, tal ideas and feelings; translations from Sadi, but not definitively persuading.
Hafiz, Firdosi, &c. VI.-Egypt.
2. Kerope Petrovitch Patkanof (with portrait), 1. Archeological results of a journey to Egypt
by N. Vesselofsky. A short biography of the wellin the winter of 1888-89 (with five plates), by W.
known Armenian scholar. Prof. Patkanof, who S. Golenishef. The author during a stay of more
was born in 1833, was the son of an Armenian priest. than half-a-year in Egypt succeeded in making
He began his studies in the College of Stavropol, some important and interesting acquisitions, some
passed later into the Lazaref Institution in Moscow, of which were exhibited at a meeting of the
remained some time in the University of Dorpat, Oriental Section of the (Russian) Archæological
and finished his studies in the chief Teaching Society, where the author gave explanations, which,
Institution in St. Petersburg. He was later for in a somewhat revised and enlarged shape, are
some time teacher in a Female College in Tiflis, embodied in the present article. As most of these
and afterwards, till his death in 1889, he was objects have already been described in special a professor at the University of St. Petersburg. reviews, we have only to say a few words on some
His first scientific work (as a student he wrote of the most interesting : a collection of papyri,
many poems, which are still very popular in some of which are in Pahlavi, Hebrew and Armenia) was the Catalogue de la Littérature Greek; portraits from Tel-al-Amarna; some in-1
.. some in. | Arménienne. He also edited and translated many scriptions: a real with a Phoenician inscription "in of the Armenian historians, wrote on Armenian honor of Jeremias", some interesting pieces of geography, on the inscriptions of Van, etc. A Koptic embroidery. The article gives also some
list of his works is appended to the article. interesting notes on the Bulag Museum, on the 3. Musalmen books printed in Russia during acquisition of antiquities in Egypt, and short the year 1889, by W. D. Smirnof.--This is a list diary notes of a journey from Edfu to the Red with a bibliographical description; the number of Sea (chiefly topographical).
copies printed of each book is also given. VII.-Archæology and Numismatics.
IX.-Reviews, 1. The Elizabethpol Find, by Baron W. Tiesen. 1. The Kirghiz and Karakirghiz of the Syrdaryhausen. The Imperial Archeological Commission insky District. Vol. I., Common Law (Russian), by received last year from Tiflis a silver buckle and N. T. Grodekof.This book shows clearly that the 236 Persian coins, chiefly of the XVIIth administration is carefully studying the coun. to XIXth Centuries A. D. (1122-1220 A. H.), try it has to deal with. A clearer distinction found in the province of Elizabethpol. A descrip- between 'udat and shari'at is most desirable, as the tion of this buckle is given in the article.
shari'at is often only a powerful means of oppres2. New Find in Bulgar (in the Province of
sion in the hands of the upper classes directed
against the masses. General Grodekof's book Kasan) by N. Likhatchef. In September, 1889, a peasant in the village of Uapenakoje, Bulgary, dug
will be of great use to the Orientalist and to the up in his courtyard some brass caldrons, two of
administrator, which had on them Arabic inscriptions (benedic- 2. Ethnographical Notes on Tibetan Medicine, tions to the possessor). M. Likhatchef's opinion (Russian), by W. Ptizyn.-This is a list of 101 is that these objects most probably belong to the maladies, 429 names of drugs, and a description end of the XIV th Century.
of surgical instruments. All the names are given
in Tibetan with Russian translations. The whole 3. On two fuls found near the village Balymer
is compiled from communications from Lamas in the Government of Kasan, by N. Likhatchef.
from the Transbaikal District. In the autumn of 1889, near Balymer, were dug up a skeleton and near it two copper coins :
1 3. History of the Town of Kassimof (Russian), one with the name of An-Nasir-li-din-Allah, 1 by N. Shishkin. This is a short history of the
