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8. Catalogue of Bindinqs. — A Catalogue of selected 

 bindings of MSS. in the Department, by Mr. W. H. James 

 Weale, is in progress. 



9. Arrangement of Papers. — Additional MSS. 35,231- 

 35,250, 35,253, 35,263-35,269, 35,280, 35,300-35,309, and the 

 collection of Hardwicke MSS., have been arranged. 



Additional MSS. 35,228, 35,231-35,256, 35,258-35,261, 

 85,263-35,289, 35,291-35,309, 36,291, and 36,292, acquired in 

 1899, have been arranged and indexed. 



Additional MSS. 35,173-35,176, 35,230 have been described. 



Additional MSS. 35,584-35,597, 35,605-35,628, 35,641- 

 35,652, 35,659-35,680, acquired in 1899, have been indexed. 



10. Autographs. — The fifth series of Facsimiles of Royal, 

 Historical, Literary, and other Autographs is in progress. 



11. Illuminated 3I8S. — A second series of Coloured 

 Facsimiles of Illuminated MSS. is in progress. 



12. Facsimiles of Charters. — A series of Facsimiles of 

 Ancient Charters from the time of the Conquest to the close 

 of the twelfth century is in progress. 



13. Guides. — A new illustrated edition of the Guide to the 

 MSS. and other objects exhibited in the Department has been 

 issued. 



14. Binding. — One hundred and one Additional and eight 

 Egerton MSS., newly acquired, and two hundred and forty- 

 five MSS. of tbe old collections have been bound or repaired. 



Seven Charters have been repaired. 

 Thirty-four Papyri have been glazed. 

 Ninety-three Printed Books have been bound. 

 Thirty-two Documents have been glazed for exhibition. 



15. Verification. — The several collections of MSS. and 

 Charters have been verified. 



16. Stamping, folioing, and ^placing. — One hundred and 

 thirty-five Additional MSS. and seven Egei'ton MSS., three 

 hundred and fifty-five Charters and Rolls, and one hundred 

 and seventy-eight Books of Reference have been stamped 

 with a total of 14,091 impressions. 



One hundred and forty-eight Additional MSS., ten Egerton 

 MSS., and one hundred and ninety-six Papyri have been 

 placed, press-marked, and entered in the Hand-lists and 

 Shelf-lists. 



One hundred and eighty-three Charters and Rolls have 

 been placed, and entered in the inventory. Numbers have 

 been written on the backs of fifty-nine Charters. 



Two hundred and eighty MSS. have been folio'd, with a 

 total of 92,977 folios. Slip-indexes of Charters and Seals 

 have been folio'd, with a total of 10,942 folios. 



