30 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — The descriptions of MSS. 

 acquired in 1907 have been printed and have been incorporated 

 in the Class Catalogue kept in the Students' Room, 



■ All the MSS. 'acquired in 1908.. viz. Additional 37629-37772 

 and Egerton 2874, 2875, have been described and indexed. 

 The descriptions have been revised and are ready for press. 



2. Catalogue of Papyri. — The preparation of Yol. IV. has 

 been completed, and the volume is now passing through the 

 press. Sheets B-L have been printed off. 



3. Catalogue of the Royal MSS. — The descriptions of MSS. 

 in the Royal collection have been completed for the new 

 Catalogue, and revised down to 5 A. vi. Eleven hundred and 

 thirty MSS. have been indexed. 



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

 been issued. The revision of descriptions for Vol. III. (Instru- 

 mental Music) has been completed, and the text has been 

 printed off. The revision of the index-slips has been carried 

 as far as page 185 of the sheets. 



5. Catalogue of Romances. — Sheets B-2 A of Vol. III. have 

 been printed. Six MSS. have been described, and the descrip- 

 tions of twenty-six MSS. have been revised, for the same 

 volume. 



6. Catalogue of early Additional and Egerton MSS. — 

 Egerton MSS. 1-17, 31-72 have been described and (with the 

 exception of Nos. 15-17) have been indexed. 



7. Catalogue of Charters. — Additional Charters 49842- 

 50527, 53092-53115, and 53827-54403 (acquired between 1903 

 and 1908) have been described and indexed. 



The revision of the index-slips of entries relating to topo- 

 graphy, religious houses, &c. for Vol. II. of the General Index 

 of Charters has been continued, letters A-S being now ready 

 for press. 



8. Binding/. — One hundred and forty-three Additional MSS. 

 and six Egerton MSS. newly acquired, and sixty-five MSS. of 

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

 fifty-eight Books of Reference, collections of Facsimiles, and 

 Catalogues. Twelve Papyri have been bound and glazed. 



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

 verified by comparison with the Shelf-Lists, together with 

 a large number of Additional Charters. 



10. Reproductions. — Series III. of Reproductions from 

 Illuminated MSS. and a small collection of Facsimiles from 

 MSS. relating to John Milton have been prepared and issued. 



