ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



About 33 of the Cottonian Manuscripts, 180 of the Harleian, 10 of the Sloane, 150 of the 

 Additional, and 133 of the Egerton Manuscripts have been re-bound or repaired. 



The additions made to the Department in the year 1841 are as follows : 

 To the General Collection, — 



Manuscripts --------- 480 



Charters and Rolls - -------819 



To the Egerton Collection, — 



Manuscripts - - - - - - - - --42 



Amono- the manuscripts deserving of notice are — Many important biblical volumes in the 

 collection formed by the late Bishop of Lichfield ; including two fine copies of the New 

 Testament in Greek of the twelfth century, two Greek Evangelistaria of the tenth and 

 twelfth, two copies of the Latin Gospels, and one of the Acts and Canonical Epistles, all of 

 the ninth century. — In the same collection a valuable series of Autographs, among which 

 are letters or notes of Luther, Melancthon, Calvin, Tasso, Ariosto, Michel Angelo, etc. — 

 Forty-nine ancient and valuable Syriac Manuscripts on vellum, collected by the Rev. 

 H. Tattam in Egypt, several of which are as early as the seventh century, and all of biblical 

 or theological importance. Among them is a translation of the lost work of Eusebius 

 *' On the Divine Manifestation." — A highly interesting volume for the progress of art, being 

 a copy of the " Roman de Meliadus," with very numerous illuminations, executed probably 

 in Italy in the latter half of the fourteenth century, is also worthy of mention. 



Department of Printed Books. 



1. Arrangement of the Library. — 1. Since the removal of the printed books to the 

 New Library, the addition of a third mark to each article, so as to individualize it, and the 

 compilation of a hand-catalogue, in which the books are entered according to the place 

 they occupy on the shelves, have been proceeded with, subject, as to the latter part, to the 

 compilation of the general catalogue. The number of shelves of books so marked amounts 

 to 2,948, the number of entries in the hand-catalogue to 12,751. 



2. As many of the Pamphlets belonging to the King's Collection already catalogued and 

 since bound, as space could be found for, have been placed on the shelves and marked. The 

 whole of those placed amount to 7,284; of these, 5,674 have been mai'ked, and 5,250 of 

 these marks entered in an interleaved copy of the King's Catalogue. The room now 

 occupied by the pamphlets was previously partly occupied by the Manuscripts forming- 

 part of that collection, now transferred to the Manuscript Department, and partly by 

 rare volumes, now removed to glazed presses ; 1,445 such volumes have been so removed 

 and re-marked accordingly, and the new marks substituted for the old ones in two copies 

 of the Catalogue of the King's Collection. 



3. Almost all the books added to the Library have been also placed on the shelves, and 

 the whole of them would have been so arranged, if room could have been found for them. 

 Whatever has been placed has been marked. 



4. In consequence of the re-arrangement of the books in the New Library, it has been 

 found necessary to re-mark in two copies of the Catalogue of the King's Collection, such 

 works as were marked in them as duplicates in the General Collection. The whole of the 

 entries under the letters A, C, D, F, G, H, as well as E, as far as Euripides, have been 

 examined, and such as required it re-marked. 



5. The dusting and cleaning of the collection was commenced on the 24th May last. 

 From four to five attendants have been constantly employed in it, and have cleaned ten 

 thousand and nine shelves. 



II. Cataloffuivg. — a.) JVew General Catalogue. — 1. The number of titles prepared for 

 printing this catalogue amounts to 49,650. 



2. The printing of the first volume of this catalogue has been completed ; it contains 

 letter A. 



3. Three copies of this volume have been bound and interleaved for the use of the Library 

 and Reading Rooms. There have been 2,788 titles, not printed, added in manuscript to each 

 of the said three copies. 



4. Each article, either printed or in manuscript, entered in each of these three copies, 

 requires to have a press-mark put to it, of which 11,949 have been so affixed in each copy. 



b.) Old Catalogue. — 1. The number of new titles written for this catalogue, amounts to 

 9,401. 2. The entries made in two copies of this catalogue are 22,473, besides 2,303 

 re-transcribed, and 3,245 erased and then re-written; 113 titles have been entered in the 

 interleaved copy of the Catalogue of the King's Library. 



c.) Maps and Music. — 1. Of the Maps, 4,062 have been prepared for mounting, previous 

 to their being arranged and catalogued. 



2. Of the Musical collection, 245 titles have been written between the 25th November 

 and the 11th December. 



39. B III. Additions. — 



