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DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS. 19 



Department of Manuscripts* 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — The following MSS. acquired in 

 1914 have been described and indexed : — Additional 38,981-38,986, 

 38,997-39,020, 39,049-39,052, 39,056-39,059, 39,061-39,063, 

 39,067, 39,070, 39,071, 39,076-39,078, 39,081-39,090, 39,097. 



Of those acquired in 1915, Additional 39,172, 39,178, 39,187- 

 39,211, 39,213, 39,215, 39,255 ; of those acquired in 1916, 

 Additional 39,256, 39,317, 39,319-39,321, 39,325, and Egerton 

 2,949-2,951 ; of those acquired in 1917, Additional 39,547, 39,548, 

 39,558-39,562, 39,575, 39,576, 39,585-39,597, 39,638, 39,639, 

 39,643, 39,646, 39,665, 39,671-39,674, and Egerton 2,974, 2,975 ; 

 of those acquired in 1918, Additional 39,775-39,777, 39,780- 

 39,793 ; and of those acquired in 1919, Additional 39,828-39,839, 

 39,863, 39,871-39,904, and Egerton 3,022-3,024, have been 

 described and indexed. 



2. Catalogue of Greek Papyri. — Papyri 2,078-2,102, acquired 

 in 1919, have been provisionally transcribed. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal and King's MSS. — Sheets K-Y" of 

 Vol. Ill, completing the descriptions and beginning the general 

 index, have been printed off, and sheets Z, Aa are in type. The 

 revision of the index of initia has been continued. 



4. Catalogue of Irish MSS.— Additional 39,665 has been 

 described. 



5. Catalogue of Charters. — Additional Charters 57,625-57,768, 

 acquired in 1913, have been described and indexed. 



6. Binding. — Sixty-five additional MSS. and one Egerton MS., 

 newly acquired, and sixty-two MSS. of the old collections have 

 been bound, repaired, or lettered, together with twenty-eight Books 

 of Reference and Catalogues. Five Charters and Rolls have been 

 repaired. 



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

 by comparison with the Shelf-lists. 



8. Reproductions. -^Tliree sets of Pictorial i Postcards (Months' 

 Occupations, Twelfth Century Initials, and Henry VI's Psalter) 

 have been issued. Three miniatures have been selected for re- 

 production in colours ; two of these (Royal 15 D. II, f. 3, and 

 Additional 25,698, f. 8) have been passed, the third (Additional 

 18,850, f. 65) is in course of preparation. 



9. Stamping, folioing, and placing. — 42 Additional MSS., 8 

 Arundel MSS., 2,594 Charters and 97 Books of Reference have 

 been stamped. The total number of impressions made was 8,798. 



223 MSS. have been folioed, with a total of 41,915 folios. 

 21,098 slips have been numbered. 



