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18. The whole of the remaining loose vellum leaves and fragments of the Cottonian 

 Collection (injured in the fire of 1731), have been flattened and inlaid, including portions 

 of the volumes marked Otho A. XVIII., B. VI., XL, C. II., XL, XIV., and D. XL, Vitellius 

 D. XVIII, and Rot. Cott. XVI. 51. Four Old Royal Manuscripts (damaged in the same 

 fire) have also been flattened and inlaid. k • 



19. The contents of the Cottonian Manuscripts, Otho C. XL and D. I., Sloane, 1,968, 

 Harleian, 6,943, 7,523 to 7,52G, 7,544, and Additional 16,539, have been collated and 

 re-arranoed for the binder. 



20. Thirty-four Cottonian, 4 Sloane, 67 Harleian, 48 Old Royal, 1 Arundel, 95 

 Egerton, and 758 Additional Manuscripts (including 90 Syriac), together with 120 Books of 

 Reference, have been bound, repaired or lettered. Twenty-two boxes of Maps have also been 

 re-lettered and repaired. Upwards of 2,100 volumes of various collections have been press- 

 marked, or have had the press-marks altered ; and 9,086 labels of shelf numbers have been 

 affixed to the Sloane, Egerton, and Additional Manuscripts. 



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

 No. 9,562, to No. 11,312 inclusive; as also 1,712 of the Harleian Charters; and new 

 boxes have been made for them. Seventy-one injured Harleian Seals have been repaired. 



22. New Shelf Lists have been made to the Oriental Gallery and Sloane Collection, and 

 above 7,000 entries made in the Hand and Shelf Lists of the Collections, including the 

 select Charters and Seals. The whole of the various collections have been once dusted 

 and portions of them twice and three times. ■ 



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

 follows : — 



To the General Collection — 



Manuscripts --_---__ 421 



Original Charters and Rolls ----- 2,644 



Bullae and Seals - - - -- - - 199 



To the Egerton Collection — 



Manuscripts ---.----32 



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



A fine copy of the Samaritan Pentateuch, on vellum ; written in the year of the 

 Ishmaelites, 845 = A. D. 1441. 



A copy, nearly contemporary with the Author, of the " Gesta Philippi, Regis Franciee," 

 [A. D. 1080-1220], written in Latin verse by Gulielmus Brito ; on vellum. 



A volume containing the rare Provengal legendary History of the " Gestes de Charle- 

 magne a Carcassone," otherwise entitled PMlomena ; on vellum, of the 14th century. 



A fine copy of the Treatise of Henricus de Bractone, Chief Justice temp. Henry III., 

 " De Juribus et Consuetudinibus Anghae ;" written for Walter de Monytone, Abbot of Glas- 

 tonbury, circa 1350 ; on vellum. 



An original Charter of William the Conqueror to the Church of St. Mary at Coventry, 

 confirming the grant of Earl Leofric, with the seal in fine preservation. 



Original Instrument of Ratification by Henry IV. of the Articles agreed on in a Treaty 

 of Commerce concluded with the Duke of Burgundy, dated 2d June 1411 ; with the Great 

 Seal appended, in an unusually fine state. 



A large collection of Documents (about 1,670 in number) relating to Normandy, when in 

 the occupation of the English, from the year 1355 to the middle of the 15th century. 



Many original Charters, with Seals, relating to France, England, and Spain, of tlie 12th, 

 13th, and 14th centuries ; as also a collection of Papal Bulls and Briefs, from the time of 

 Alexander IV. to Gregory XVI. 



A series of Papal JBullm from the 7th to the 19th century, and of the Doges of Venice, 

 from 1367 to 1789; also many Bulla of Princes, Ecclesiastics, and Municipalities of 

 France, from the 12th to the loth century. 



A considerable number of original Charters, Court Rolls, Deeds, and Papers, relatine, 

 to lands in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset; presented by Sir Walter 

 Calverley Trevelyan, Bart. 



A collection, in 92 volumes, of Indexes to various classes of Documents preserved in the 

 Public Record Offices and private Collections, formed in part by the late John Caley, 

 keeper of the Augmentation Office, and since augmented by Mr. Charles Devon. 



Two large volumes of coloured Drawings of Monuments, copies of Epitaphs, &c., in the 

 County of Shropshire, executed by the Rev. Edward Williams, in 1792-1803; from Lord 

 Berwick's Library. 



A collection of highly-finished Miniatures and illuminated Borders, cut out of Missals 

 executed for Cardinal Antoniotto Pailavicini, 1489-1507, and for the Popes Leo X:, 

 Clement VIL, Pius IV., and Gregory XIII. Many of these are the work of Apollonio 

 de' Bonfratelli, miniaturist to Pius IV. ; and the whole are mentioned by Dr. Waagen in 

 terms of admiration. From the Collections of W. Y. Ottley and Samuel Rogers. 



The original act of dotation or dowry bestowed by Ludovico Maria Sforza Visconti 

 (11 Moro) Duke of Milan, on his wife Beatrice d'Este, 28 January 1494; written on a sheet 

 of vellum, and signed by the donor. The upper margin is richly illuminated, with the 



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