Enriched with an exquisite portrait of the Queen, in all the grandeur of her wide circumference, and with golden hair of very prononcée hue; and with a great variety of beautifully-executed monograms, symbols, &c. around each page. The binding is richly tooled and covered with designs; while in the centre on either side, protected by glass, are brilliant bosses, said to be composed of humming-birds' feathers.
'Ex dono ornatissimi, simul ac optimæ spei, juvenis D. Johannis Cope, armigeri, equitis aurati, baronetti f. natu maximi, olim Reginensis Oxon, Almæ Matris ergô. 4 Cal. Jan. 1626.'
On a fly-leaf at the end is attached a fragment from some English theological treatise, in wonderfully minute, although clear, handwriting.
43. The Koran, on a long and narrow roll, very elegantly written in minute characters.
Given by Archbp. Laud.
44. A Syriac fragment, on three leaves of paper.
45. A specimen of Chinese printing, on rice-paper.
46. A specimen of the Papyrus-plant, in its natural state.
47. A fine MS. of the Koran, from the library of Tippoo Sahib at Seringapatam.
Given by the East India Company in 1806; see p. [208].