DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 27 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Romances.— The preparation of the second 

 volume has been continued. ^Esopic Fables, Poems on Reynard 

 the Fox, Visions of Heaven and Hell, and other legends, 

 contained in thirty-three MSS., have been described. Proof 

 sheets and revises, S — 2 E., Vol. II., have been read for press. 



2. Catalogue of S'panish Manuscripts. — The fourth 

 volume, which will include the Index, is still in progress. 



3. Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts. — Of the Catalogue 

 prepared by Mr. S. H. O'Grady, Sheets 2 G — 2 R have been 

 sent to the printers and revised. 



4. Catalogue of Music. — Articles contained in forty-seven 

 MSS. have been described. Slips descriptive of acquisitions 

 in the years 1889-1891 have been added to the Catalogue. 

 The list of composers has been kept up. 



5. Catalogue of Additions: — The Catalogue of Additions 

 for 1890 has been copied and transferred sevenfold, bound 

 and issued. The Additional MSS. 33,995-34,118, acquired in 

 the year 1891, have been described and indexed. 



Two hundred and fifty-eight MSS. of the Stowe Collection 

 have been described. 



The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the 

 registers. 



6. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seals. — The final 

 revision for the press of the Gene]"al Index of names and 

 subjects in the several collections of Charters and Rolls 

 acquired before the year 1882 is in progress. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 26,725-27,004, acquired in 

 1881 ; 28,561-28,656, acquired in 1886 ; 28,657-29,258, and 

 29,673-29,855, acquired in 1887, have been described. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 87,378, acquired in the year 

 1890 ; and 37,379-37,874, acquired in 1891, have been 

 arranged and numbered. 



Slip-descriptions of additional Charters and Rolls 26,02.5- 

 28,523, forming Vol. IX. of the Catalogue of Additional 

 Charters, have been bound and placed in the Students' Room 

 in continuation of the series. 



The preparation of the fair copy for the second volume of 

 the Catalogue of Seals has been continued. The descriptions 

 of Heraldic Seals A — have been revised and sent to the 

 printer. 



One hundred and ninety-three detached Seals, Bullse, and 

 Casts have been arranged and registered. 



7. Catalogue of Papyri. — Sheets N — R of the Catalogue 

 have been revised. Two editions of Papyrus CXXXT. verso 

 ('AOrjvaiwv TToXirda ) have been printed and issued, and a third 

 has been prepared. The volume of " Classical Texts from 



0.108. Papyri 



