DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 29 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — The printed Catalogue of 

 the MSS. acquired in 1900-1905 has been published. 



The descriptions of MSS. acquired in 1906 have been 

 printed, and have been incorporated in the Class Catalogue 

 kept in the Students' Room. 



All the MSS. acquired in 1907, viz. Additional 37426- 

 37628 and Egerton 2866-2873, have been described and 

 indexed, with the exception of the Romilly Allen archaeological 

 collections, the arrangement of which is not yet complete. 

 The descriptions have been revised and are ready for press. 



2. Catalogue of Papyri. — Vol. III., with an atlas of 

 100 plates, has been published. Vol. IV., which will contain 

 Greek papyri of the eighth century, is in an advanced state 

 of preparation. Several papyri have also been transcribed 

 for Vol. V. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal MSS. — One hundred and forty- 

 eight MSS. in the Royal collection have been described for the 

 new detailed Catalogue. 



4. Catalogue of Music. — Vol. II. (Secular Vocal Music) 

 has been printed off, and is ready for issue. 



5. Catalogue of Romances. — Progress has been made in 

 the preparation of Vol. III., descriptions of thirty-two MSS. 

 having been finally revised for press. 



6. Catalogue of Charters. — Additional Charters 46918- 

 47379, 48171-49841, 52392-53091 (acquired in 1903), 53195- 

 53708 (acquired in 1904), and 53709-53827 (acquired in 1905) 

 have been described and indexed. 



The revision of the index-slips of topographical entries from 

 Charters acquired in 1882-1900 for Vol. II. of the General 

 Index of Charters has been continued, letters A-M being 

 now ready for press. 



7. Binding. — One hundred and seventy Additional MSS. 

 and six Egerton MSS. newly acquired, and seventy-six MSS. 

 of the old collections, have been bound or repaired, together 

 with 150 Books of Reference and Catalogues. 



One hundred and forty-seven Papyri have been bound and 

 glazed. 



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

 verified by comparison with the Shelf-Lists, and a large 

 portion of the Additional Charters has also been verified. 



