ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I 1 



11. The Register of Donations to the Department lias been kept up to the end of 1857. 



12. Transcripts of the Index to the Additional and Egerton Manuscripts from 1846 to 

 1855, inclusive; of the Catalogue of the Campbell Charters, with Index; of the Catalogue 

 of Manuscript Music (to which many additions have been made), with Index; and of the 

 Catalogue of detached Seals, have been made for the use of the Reading Room. 



13. The arrangement and scheduling of the Haldimand Papers have been completed; 

 and these papers are now in course of preparation for the binder. Tlie arrangement and 

 scheduling of the Strafford Papers are in progress. 



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

 No. 21,620 to No. 22,100, inclusive; and bound, repaired, lettei'ed and stamped (with 

 few exceptions) ti:om No. SO,:^! to No. 20,.385 (Gualterio Papers), and from No. 21,561 

 to No. 21,630; and from No. 21,896 to No. 22,100, inclusive, 



15. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from 

 No. 12,628 to No. 13,906, inclusive ; registered from No. 9,201 to No, 9,283 ; and titles 

 prepared for regisiration from No. 9,284 to No. 9,355. 



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

 No. 1,696 to No. 1,703; and bound, lettered, and sta.mped from No. 1,687 to No. 1,703, 

 inclusive. 



17. Seven hundred and six of the Additional Manuscripts, 288 of the Sloane, and 19 

 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio'd. 



18. Stamps have been placed upon every tract, letter, or separate document, in 2 volumes 

 of the Cottonian Collection, 70 Sloane, 16 Harleian, 10 Old lloyal, 23 Egerton, and 673 

 of the Additional Manuscripts, with 98 i'ooks of Reference. The Charters and Rolls 

 stamped are, 1129 Harleian, and 1162 Additional, with 10 detached Seals. The total 

 number of stamps affixed amounts to 45,598. 



19. The contents of the Cottonian Manuscript Galba, A. XV. (recovered from the 

 fragments damaged in the fire of 1731), have been collected and bound. 



20. Nine Cottonian, 51 Sloane, 33 Harleian, 14 Old Royal, 1 Lansdowne, 1 King's, 23 

 Egerton, and 399 Additional Manuscripts (including 160 Syriac), together with 180 Books of 

 Reference, have been bound, repaired or lettered ; and sixteen Papyri have been unrolled and 

 laid down. Thirty-nine boxes of Maps have also been re-lettered and repaired. Upwards of 

 760 volumes have been press-marked, or had the press-marks altered; and 12,222 labels of 

 shelf numbers affixed to the Lansdowne, Old Royal, Harleian, and Additional Manuscripts. 



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

 No. 11,313 to No. 12,627, mclusive; as also 776 Harleian Charters, from 80 B 11, to 

 83 G 20 ; and boxes made for tliem,, Five hundred and seventy trays have been made for 

 Seals, and 25 injured Seals repaired. 



22. The whole of the various collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the 

 Shelf and Hand Lists, and new Lists made and copied fair. The Collections have been 

 twice dusted during the twelvemonth. 



23. The Additions made to the Department in the course of the year are as follows : — • 



To the General Collection — 



Manuscripts (including the Strafford Papers) ' - - 607 



Original Charters and Rolls ----- 599 



Seals -.-_----- 41 



To the Egerton Collection — 



Manuscripts --------56 



Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be mentioned : — 



Fragments of a Greek Papyrus, containing a considerable portion of the lost Funeral 

 Oratioa of Hyperides, delivered at Athens after the battle of Lamia, B.C. 323. A tracing 

 of this for publication by the Rev. Churchill Babington, m.a., has been allowed by the 

 Trustees. 



Fifteen Coptic Papyri, and three leather Rolls, written in the Sahidic dialect, and 

 relating to the Coptic Monastery of St. Phsebamun, on Mount Djema, near Hermonthi«, of 

 much philological value; possibly of the ninth century. 



The Greek MS. of the iEsopean Fables of Babrius, on vellum, of the 11th century, 

 from which M. Boissonade's edition was published in 1844. Also a modern transcript of 

 another MS. of Babrius, containing 95 Fables, most of which are stated to be inedited. 



A copy of the Latin Gospels, on vellum, of the 10th century, in metallic binding, 

 ornamented with crystals. 



A volume containing the first eight books of Virgil's ^Eneid, with Scholia, of the 10th 

 century, on vellum. 



The Latin Psalter of John de Grandisone, Bishop of Exeter from 1327 to 1369; executed 

 in England, with many Miniatures, on vellum. 



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