12 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Cardinal Marino Grimani, whose arms are on the second leaf; in the ori2;inal binding, with 

 silver-gilt clasps. 



A copy, on velbm of the lOlh cenlury, of a Lexicon in Tironian characters, with Latin 

 interpretations; rorraerly in the library of P. Pithou, and latterly in the De Rosny 

 collection. 



A valuable historical volume, containing the lives of Dagobert, Charlemagne, and Louis 

 the Pious, by various authois ; with the Annals ascribed to Eginhard, and the " Res gestse 

 Saxonlcae" orW'ciii'nd of Coby ; on vellum, of the eleventh century. 



Original Book of Indentures on vellum, between Henry VlL and John Islippe, Abbot of 

 Westminster, for the performance of certain religious services in the Abbey, dated 16 July 

 1504. ^ 



Twelve volumes of original documents relating to the Fiefs, &c., of St. Maurille Ville- 

 chien, I'Epinay, N, D. de Ronceray, and La Leu, in the vicinity of Answers ; from the year 

 1200 to 1684. 



An additional portion of the series of Transcripts from the Archives at the Hague, of 

 papers relating to Engnsh history, i-om A615 to 16S2; in five volumes. 



A large coUect-oi of M?ps and P.aiis o^ France, particularly of Picardy ard Dauphiny, 

 beautifully executed with the pen, and coloured, between the years 1602 and 1609 ; in a 

 large foho volume. 



A series of Letters of" State, above 400 in number, signed by Louis XIV. and Louis XV. 

 between the years 1673 and 17? 7. 



A co'iside'.able number of Autographs, among which are Leliers of Melanchthon and 

 Bucer, Charles I. Queer Mary (1692-4), Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, Frederick 

 Prince of Wales and the Princess Augusta (1745), Davenant, Akensice, Sterne, and others; 

 the Petition of Remonstrance from the Irish House of Parliament to Charles I. (1640)' 

 signed by the Members; the original Petition of Simon Pendrill to Charles 11. ; the 

 original Assignment of one-half part of the " Spectator," by Addisoi and Steele, in 1712 ; 

 some Poems of Burns, including " The Cotter's Saturday Night,' and his biographical 

 Letter to D.-. Moore, 2d Aug. 17S7; the holograph Manuscript of ■' Kenilworth," by 

 Sir Walter Scott, ard two Letters of the same writer, of much interest, addressed to Dr. 

 Dibdin, 1 May 1823, and to Mr. Terry, 2 May 1823. 



24. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Rooms, during 

 the twelvemonth, amounts to 20,984, and to Artists and others, in the rooms of the Depart- 

 ment, to 4,355, exclusive of the numerous volumes examined by visitors. 



Frederic Madden. 



Department of Antiquities. 



In the course of the last year, the mode of lighting in the North Assyrian Side-Gallery 

 has been altered. 



The fixing of the Egyptian Sculptures upon granite pedestals is proceeding as rapidly as 

 the supply of the material admits. 



The arrangement of the Greeco-Roman and Roman Portrait Sculpture in the new Gallery 

 and Basement has been comp'eted. 



The Egyptian framed Papyri have been arranged for public exhibition against the walls 

 of the North-west Staircase. 



A large Collection of Mexican Antiquities purchased from Mr. Young, and the New 

 Zealand objects presented by Sir George Grey, are exhibited in the Ethnographical Room. 



All the objects purchased at the Bernal Sale are exhibited, and great progress has been 

 made in the systematical arrangement of the new cases lately provided in the British Room. 



The following are the principal acquisitions of the last year : — 



Egyptian. — Two Bronze Hawks of unusual size. 



Assyrian. — An Inscribed Cylinder, supposed to contain the annals of the first eight years 

 of the reign of Sennacherib. 



A collection of Assyrian objects excavated at Nimrud and Koyunjik, and in Southern 

 Babylonia, by Messrs. Rassam, Loftus, and Taylor, under the direction of Sir H. C. 

 Rawlinson, k.c.b., consisting of an Obelisk, portions of two others, a Statue, thirty-four Bas- 

 reliefs, and many smaller objects of interest and value. 



Greek. — A collection of Marbles and Inscriptions from the Greek Islands, procured by 

 Charles Newton, Esq., Her Majesty's Vice-consul, Mytilene. 



A collection of Votive Figures in stone, found near Larnaka, in Cyprus, on the site of a 

 temple of Venus, presented (through Charles Newton, Esq.,) by M. Demetrius Pierides. 



Etruscan and Italo-Greek. — A Bronze Shield, ornamented with embossed patterns of 

 very early character, and resembling those found at Cervetri which are preserved in the 

 Vatican. 



A very fine Bronze Vase, resting on a tripod foot, and ornamented at the top by a 

 iiroup, regarded as Peleus and Thetis, surrounded by four mounted figures of Amazons : 

 round the body is engraved a series of combats between men and animals. It was dis- 

 covered in the South of Italy, 



Painted Terracotta Vase, in the form of the head of the Indian Bacchus. 



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