30 ACCOUNTS, i'.TC, OF THE BlUTISH MUSEUM. 



19. Acquisitions. — The number of Manuscripts and Docu- 

 ments acquired during the year are : — 



General Collections of MSS. - - - - 183 



Rolls and Charters _ . _ _ _ 1^894 



Detached Seals and Casts _ _ _ _ 395 



Papyri -------> 24 



Egerton MSS. ------ 2 



Egerton Charter - - - - - 1 



Among them are : — 



A number of documents of the 2nd to 4th centuries, written 

 in Greek, on papyrus, many of them with precise dates. 



A fragment of a Graeco-Latin Glossary, on papyrus, of the 

 4th century. 



A Latin document, on papyrus, of the 2nd century. Pre- 

 sented hy Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie. 



Nine leaves of a Greek Psalter, on vellum, written in 

 rough uncials, of about the 8th century. 



Orations of St. Gregory Nazianzen, in Greek, llth-12th 

 century. Vellum. 



Collection of fragments of manuscripts, llth-14th centuries, 

 including leaves of a copy of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and 

 of a volume of Anglo-Saxon Homilies. Vellum. 



Lives of Saints, theological tracts, and tales, in Greek ; 

 16th century. 



Commentary on the books of Tobias, Judith, and the Twelve 

 Prophets, in Latin, by Archbishop Stephen Langton, with 

 Lives of St. Milburg and St. Margaret, etc. ; 13th century. 

 Vellum. 



Bartholom?eus Anglicus de proprietatibus rerum ; 14th 

 century. Vellum. Written in England; with illuminated 

 initial and border. In German stamped-leather binding, of 

 the 16th century. 



Missal of the Church of St. Valery, in the north of France, 

 in Latin, with finely illuminated initials, enclosing minia- 

 tures ; 14th century. Vellum. 



Missal of the church of Tarragona in Valencia, in Latin ; 

 dated A.D. 1477. With two full-page miniatures, and finely 

 illuminated borders and initials of Italian style. Vellum. 

 In Spanish binding of tooled leather. 



Astrological Manual, in Latin, compiled by Marcus 

 Schynagel, of Cracow University, about A.D. 1500. 



Petition fiom merchants of Exeter to Henry VIII. against 

 their ill-treatment in Spain, with a " carta executoria " of 

 the Emperor Charles V. ; 1541, 1545. Vellum. 



Transcripts by Sir Henry Bedingfield of his correspon- 

 dence with Queen Mary and the Privy Council, concerning 

 his custody of the Lady Elizabeth, with the Queen's instruc- 

 tions, and other original papers ; 1554-1558. 



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