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The introduction by Sir George Warner to the facsimiles 

 from the Lindisfarne Gospels is in preparation. 



9. Stamjnng, folioing, and placing. — Two hundred and 

 four Additional MSS., two Egerton MSS., nine hundred and 

 seventy-six Charters and Rolls, and one hundred and ninety- 

 f ourBooks of Reference (all newly acquired) have been stamped. 

 The total of impressions made was 12,017. 



Two hundred and forty-four MSS. have been folioed, with 

 a total of 40,332 folios. 402 sheets have been numbered. 



Three hundred and eleven newly-acquired MSS. and 113 

 Papyri have been placed, and twenty-eight MSS. and seven 

 Papyri of the old collections have been re-placed. All have 

 been press-marked and entered in Hand- and Shelf-Lists. 

 Eleven hundred and fifty-eight Charters and Rolls have been 

 placed and have been entered in the Hand-Lists. Numbers 

 have been written on 2,148 newly-acquired Charters. Sixty- 

 seven Seals and Casts have been provided with boxes, placed, 

 and entered in Hand-Lists. 



10. Books of Reference. — One hundred and ninety-six 

 volumes and parts have been received, catalogued, and placed. 



Eighteen volumes and parts of Facsimiles were added to 

 the series now deposited in the Department and available for 

 the use of Readers. 



11. Consultation of MSS.—S1,554^ MSS. and 5,357 Charters 

 and Seals have been consulted in the Students' Room, and 

 one hundred and five MSS. in the Reading Room. The number 

 of Students was 12,090. 



Magna Charta was exhibited to 19,382 visitors. 



12. MSS. photographed. — Eight hundred and ninety-six 

 MSS. (including Papyri, Charters and Seals) were allowed to be 

 photographed, with a total of 7,801 photographs taken. 



13. Exhibitions. — A selection of medical MSS. was on 

 exhibition for the International Medical Congress. 



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

 ments, &;c., acquired during the year has been : — 



Additional MSS. - - - ... 144 



Egerton MSS. ------- 8 



Charters and Rolls ------ 1,290 



Papyri _-_-__-- 3 



Detached Seals and Casts ----- 30 



Among the most interesting purchases during the year are 

 three 13th century MSS. (all formerly part of the same volume), 

 acquired at the sale of the library of the late Mr. George Dunn. 

 These are in old French and include the earliest known form 

 of the romance of Guillaume d'Orange, a poem the recent 

 discovery of which made a notable stir among Romance 

 scholars. The collection (in 37 volumes) of correspondence and 

 papers of the statesman William Huskisson, who was killed at 



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