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12. The Additional Manuscripts, including the acquisitions up to December 1853, have 

 been arranged, numbered, prepared for the binder, and registered, from No. 19,077 to 

 No. 19,719,' inclusive, and bound, repaired, lettered, and stamped (with few exceptions), 

 from No, 18,978 to No. 19,530. 



13. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been numbered from No, 8,471 to No. 8,515, 

 inclusive ; registered from No. 8,247 to No. 8,470 ; and stamped from No. 8,330 to No, 8,481. 



14. The Egerton Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered, and registered from 

 No. 1,571 to No. 1,623, inclusive; and bound, lettered, and stamped fi-om No. 1,241 to 

 No. 1,252, and from No. 1,609 to No. 1,619. 



15. Two hundred and sixty-five of the Additional Manuscripts and 20 of the Egerton 

 have been folio'd. 



16. Stamps have been placed upon every tract, letter, or separate document, in 7 volumes of 

 the Cottonian Collection, 1,312 of the Sloane, 94 of the Old Royal, 508 of the Hargrave, 

 530 of the Arundel, 30 of the Egerton, and 726 of the Additional Manuscripts, with 

 127 Books of Reference. The Charters and Rolls stamped are 2,821 Harleian, and 152 

 Additional, together with six Pipe-Rolls. The total number of stamps affixed amounts 

 to 63,540. 



17. The Cottonian Manuscripts on vellum, marked Tibei'ius B, VI,, Otho A. VII., Otho 

 C. XL, Otho D. X. (second portion), Otho E, XII. and XIII., and Vitellius F. VJI. (all 

 supposed to have been lost in the fire of 1731), have been identified, flattened, inlaid, col- 

 lated, and bound ; as also considerable portions of 39 other Cottonian Manuscripts. The 

 whole number of loose vellum leaves flattened during the year amounts to 4,939, of which 

 2,894 have been identified, and 1,375 inlaid. 



IS. The Cottonian Manuscripts, Otho C. II, and XVI., D. I. and VII,; Old Royal, 

 7 A. XII.; Harleian, 5,055, 7,190; and Additional, 5,992, 5,993, 19,453, have been 

 collated and re-arranged , 



19. The Inventory of the Egerton Collection has been verified. 



20. Fourteen Cottonian, 3 Sloane, 63 Harleian, 12 Old Royal, 6 Lansdowne, 1 Arundel, 

 3 George III., 22 Egerton, and 630 Additional Manuscripts, with 127 Books of Reference, 

 have been bound, repaired or lettered. Shelf numbers have been affixed to 10,396 volumes 

 of the Additional MSS., and 408 have been press-marked. 



21. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and marked, from 

 No. 8,330 to No. 8,481, inclusive; together with 2,821 Harleian, and 101 Cottonian and 

 Various. Boxes have been made for those with fine Seals, as well as for 209 detached 

 Seals and Impressions. The Pipe-Rolls have also been cleaned and repaired, from 10 to 

 17 Jac I. (6 Rolls), completing the series. 



22. During the progress of the workmen in glazing the presses of the Saloon of the MS. 

 Department, about 11,700 volumes have been moved from their places; and 6,800, after 

 being thoroughly cleaned, are restored to the presses. 



23. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the twelvemonth are, as 

 follows : — 



To the General Collection — 



Manuscripts __-_-__ 446 



Original Charters and Rolls - - - - 45 



Seals and Impressions ----- 21 



To the Egerton Collection — 



Manuscripts _---___ 66 



Among the Acquisitions more worthy of notice may be mentioned the following: — 



A collection of Early Voyages and Travels to the East, with many works relating to the 

 History of Sicily, collected by the late Viscount V alentia (afterwards Earl Mountmorris), 

 and purchased at the sale at Arley Castle. 



Seventeen Greek Manuscripts, including a valuable copy of the Psalter, written a.d. 1066, 

 and illustrated with numerous miniatures; a Collection of Homilies of Chrysostom and 

 others, written in a fine bold character of the 12th century ; and the Commentary of 'Iheo- 

 phylact on the Gospels, of the 13th century; all on vellum. 



An extensive and important collection of Autographs, Letters and Documents of Royal and 

 Noble Personages (chiefly) of England, from the reig-n of Henry IV. to that of George III., 

 both inclusive; of the English Reformers and Martyrs, in the 16th century; and of State 

 Affairs in Scotland, from 1525 to 1623, addressed to James V., Queen Mary, and James VI. ; 

 in five volumes; purchased of Dawson Turner, Esq. 



Six volumes of the secret Official Reports of the Viceroys of Peru and Buenos Ayres, on 

 the state of their respective Governments; drawn up between 1689 and 1801. 



176. B 2 A large 



