DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS. 21 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additioiis. ^Egerton MSS. 2890, 2891, 

 acquired in 1911, and 2899, acquired in 1912, have been described 

 and indexed. 



The following MSS. acquired in 1913 have been described and 

 indexed : Additional 38662-38664, 38683, 38686, 38687, 38725, 

 38732, 38782-38788, 38790, 38791, and Egerton 2902-2904, 

 2906, 2907. 



0£ those acquired in 1914, Additional 38808, 38838, 38840, 

 38865-38890, 38892-38895, 38898-38930, 39165, 39167, 39168, 

 and o£ those acquired in 1915, Additional 39169-39177, 39179, 

 39184, 39212, 39214 have been described and indexed. 



The descriptions o£ Additional MSS. acquired in 1913 have been 

 printed. 



2. Catalogue of Greek Papyri. — For Vol. V. o£ the Catalogue, 

 1769-1911 (catalogue numbers) have been finally revised for press, 

 sheets E-Kk have been printed off, and pp. 1-248 have been 

 indexed. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal and King^s MSS. — Sheets 3 A-3 E 

 of Vol, II. have been revised, completing the volume (to end of 

 Royal Appendix). For Vol. III., descriptions of King's MSS. 

 1-147, 161-172 have been revised and 1-145 sent to press ; sheet 

 B is in print. The index to the Royal MSS. has been sorted into 

 order. 



4. Catalogue of Irish MSS. — The following MSS. have been 

 described :— Royal' 6 B. III. ; Additional 18748 ; Egerton 113, 

 117, 122, 124, 130, 134, 141, 166, 168, 187, 195, 213, 214, 2899. 

 The revision of the section Miscellaneous has been completed, and 

 that of the sections Poetry, Tales, and Theology nearly so. 



5. Catalogue of Charters. — Additional Charters 57357-57418, 

 acquired in 1912, have been described and indexed. 



6. Binding. — 167 Additional and Egerton MSS. newly acquired 

 and 90 MSS. of the old collections have been bound, repaired, or 

 lettered, together with 146 pieces of Papyri and 87 Books of 

 Reference, volumes of Facsimiles, and Catalogues. 6 Charters have 

 been repaired. 



7. Verification. — The entire collection of MSS. has been verified 

 by comparison with the Shelf-Lists. 



8. Reproductions. — Part II. (English, 12th and 13th centt.) 

 of the Schools of Illumination has been completed and issued. 



Part I. (Genesis-Ruth) of the reduced facsimile of the Codex 

 Alexandrinus has been completed and issued. 



The introduction by Sir George Warner to the facsimiles from 

 the Lindisfarne Gospels is in preparation. 



9. Stamping, folioing, and placing. — 67 Additional MSS., 1 

 Egerton MS., and 145 Books of Reference have been stamped. 

 The total of impressions made was 3,842. 



