22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THp BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — Egerton MS. 2901, acquired in 

 1913, lias been described and indexed. 



Of the MSS. acquired in 1914, Additional 38,988-38,996, 

 39,021-39,048, 39,060, 39,064-39,066, 39,068, 39,069, 39,072- 

 39,075, 39,079, 39,080, 39,091-39,096, 39,098-39,119, 39,121- 

 39,164; of those acquired in 1915, Additional 39,218-39,252; of 

 those acquired in 1916, Additional 39,259-39,264; of those 

 acquired in 1917, Additional 39,569, 39,625-39,628, 39,658, and 

 Egerton 2,973, 2,977; of those acquired in 1918, Additional 

 39,757, Egerton 3,018; of those acquired in 1919, Additional 

 39,840-39,842, 39,848-39,859, 39,865, 39,866. 39,907; and of 

 those acquired in 1920, Additional 39,929-39,936, 39,954, 39,955 

 have been described and indexed. 



The Charters and Detached Seals acquired in 1911-1915 have 

 been described and indexed for the quinquennial Catalogue of 

 Additions. 



2. Catalogue of Greek Pa'pyri. — The Papyri acquired in 1911- 

 1915 have been described and indexed for the quinquennial Cata- 

 logue of Additions. 



Papyri 2,103-2,182, acquired in 1920, have been provisionally 

 transcribed. 



For the projected Catalogue of Literary Papyri, Papyri 272, 

 273, 486, 736, 886, 1,545, 1,862, 1,873, and 2,037 have been tran- 

 scribed. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal and King's MSS. — Sheets Z — Pp of 

 Vol. III., completing the general index and the index of Greek 

 initia, and beginning that of Latin initia, have been printed off, 

 and sheet Qq is in type. The introductions to Vols. I. and III. 

 are in type. The revision of the index of initia has been con- 

 tinued. 



4. Catalogue of Irish MSS. — The revision of the section 

 Theology is nearly completed, and that of the sections Poetry and 

 Tales is in progress. 



5. Catalogue of Charters. — Additional Charters 57,769-57,805, 

 58,271-58,335, acquired in 1913, have been described and indexed. 



6. Miscellaneous. — A list of original Papal Bulls and Briefs 

 in the Department has been compiled. 



7. Binding. — One hundred and twenty-three Additional MSS., 

 newly acquired, and ninety-eight MSS. of the old collections have 

 been bound, repaired, or lettered, together with seventy-seven 

 Books of Peference and Catalogues. Three Charters and Rolls 

 have been repaired. 



8. Verification. — The entire collection of MSS. has been veri- 

 fied by comparison with the Shelf-lists. 



