DEPARTMENT OF MSS. 29> 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Additions. — The preparation of the new 

 sexennial Catalogue of Additions for the years lS9-i-1899 is 

 in progress. Proof sheets Q-R and revises P-R have been 

 corrected. The short descriptions of Additional Charters and 

 Rolls and of Egerton Charters have been completed, and 

 short titles of seals, casts, and electrotypes newly acquired, 

 CIV. 1 to CXLII. 52 (in all 4585 articles), have been made 

 and indexed. 



The following MSS. have been described. — Additional 

 35,262, 35,290, 35,310-35,342, 35,343, 35,346, 35,401-35,405, 

 35,425-35,427, 35,431-35,445, 35,452-35,456, 35,464-35,583, 

 35,597-35,632, 35,647-35,691, 35,715-35,806, 35,814-36,247, 

 36,271-36,290, 36,293-36,301, 36,304, 36,306, 36,307, 36,314- 

 36,355, 36,444, 36,486; 36,487, 36,491-36,523, 36,534, and 

 Egerton 2805, 2818-2824, 2827. With the exception of 

 36,314-36,353, they have also been indexed, together with 

 36,356-36,443, 36,455-36,483. 



The papers comprised in Additional 36,356-36,443 have 

 been arranged for cataloguing. 



2. Catalogue of the Royal and King's MSS. — The prepara- 

 tion of the new Catalogue is in progress. Fifty-four MSS. 

 have been described. 



3. Catalogue of the Sloane 3ISS. — The Index has been 

 revised from Wh- to the end, and also slips of subject- 

 headings B-L. 



4. Catalogue of Seals. — The Sixth Volume, containing 

 descriptions and illustrations of the Seals of Foreign 

 Countries, has been completed and issued. Three hundred 

 and three newly-acquired casts have been arranged and 

 registered. 



5. Catalogue of Music. — Descriptions of articles contained 

 in eighteen hundred and twenty-seven MSS. have been 

 revised for press, consisting of the whole of Sacred Music 

 and Secular Canons and Cantatas. 



Articles in two hundred and six MSS. have been described 

 for the Catalogue. 



6. Catalogue of the Spanish MSS. — An Index is in 

 progress. 



7. Catalogue of Charters and Rolls. — The Index of 

 Topography to the several collections of Charters and Rolls 

 acquired before 1882 has been completed and issued. 



Nine hundred and seven Additional Charters and Rolls, 

 acquired during 1900 have been arranged. 



