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



the Catalotiue of Harleian Rolls and Charters is in progress. A Transcript also of the List 

 of Greek Manuscripts in the various Collections has been placed in the Reading Room. 



13. The arrangement of the Bentinck Papers has been completed, as also of the corre- 

 spondence of Michael Ar^gelo, the Lauderdale Papers, the Conway Papers, and the Tyrawly 

 and Kainsford Papers. The leaves of the Cottonian MS. Vitellius F. IX., have been 

 collated and re-ananged. 



14. The Additional Manuscripts have been numbered and registered from No. 23,212 

 to No. 24,026 (including the additions to the end of 1860); and bound, repaired, lettered 

 and stamped, from No."20,426 to No. 20,508 (Gualterio Papers), No. 21,755 to No. 21,895 

 (Haldimaud Pajcrs), No. 23,113 to No. 23,129 (Lauderdale Papers), and from No. 23,143 

 to No. 23,206. 



15. The Egerton. Manuscripts have been numbered and registered from No. 1,789 to 

 No. 1,899; and bound, repaired, lettered, and stamped, from No. 1,647 to No. 1,655, 

 No. 1,704 to No. 1,718 (Bentinck Papers), and No. 1,818 to No. 1,893. 



16. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from No. 15,203 

 to No. 15,297, and registered from No. 10,120 to INo. 10,592, and from No. 12,923 

 to No. 13,028. They have also been se()arately marked with the date of acquisition, from 

 No. 1 to No. 1,246, and from No. 8,030 to No. 9,4G2, thus completing the series up to 

 the end of 1859. 



17. Five hundred and fifty-six of the Additional Manuscripts, 324 of the Sloane, 142 

 of the Lansdowne, and 20 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio'd, and 199 Sloane 

 collated. 



18. The whole of the Hand Lists, Inventories, and Registers have been kept up. Stamps 

 have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document in 27 volumes of the Sloane 

 collection, 11 Cottonian, 8 Old Royal, 27 Harleian, 59 Isgerton, and 801 Additional Manu- 

 scripts, with 88 Books of Reference. The Charters stamped are, 696 Additional, and 

 11 Harleian Rolls. The total number of stamps affixed amounts to 70,338. 



19. Thirty-five Cottonian, 29 Sloane, 68 Harleian, 58 Old Royal, 15 Lansdowne, 114 

 Egerton, and 505 Additional Manuscripts, have been bound, repaired, or lettered; 484 

 volumes ha\e also been press-marked. 



20. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and marked with 

 numbers from No. 2,971 to No. 7,011, and from No. 15,013 to No. 15,242 inclusive, and 

 boxes made for them. From No. 7,012 to No. 15,012, the boxes have been renewed or 

 re-lettered, where required. Eleven Harleian Rolls have been repaired. 



21. Tlie whole of the Collections (estimated at 46,590 volumes, exclusive of the Charters 

 and Rolls) have been twice dusted. 



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



To the General Collection — 



Manuscripts -------- 81 5 



Original Charters and Rolls ----- 90 



Original Seals and Impressions ----- 34 



To the Egerton Collection — 



Manuscripts --------32 



Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be specified — 



The valuable Collection of Oriental Manuscripts formed by the late Colonel Taylor, when 

 Consul at B^igdad, consisting of 353 volumes in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Sabian, and 

 very important on account of the large proportion of historical works it contains. 



An interesting volume containing drawn illustrations of the Book of Genesis, on vellum, 

 partly accompanied by an Anglo-Norman text, executed about the year 1310. 



A remarkable volume of the Offices in usum Fratrum Ordinis Prsedicatorum, beautifully 

 written on veiium, in Fiance, about a.d. 1300. 



A Treatise in Latin on the forms of proceedings of the Inquisition at Toulouse, drawn up 

 by the Inquisitor G<eneral, Bernard Guido, at the commencement of the 14th century; on 

 vellum. 



Two original Cartularies of the Abbey Des Pres atDouai, on vellum, of the 13th and 14th 

 centuries. 



The first part of the Roman de Tristan, and the Roman de Meliadus, on vellum, both of 

 the 14th century. 



A volume intitied " Insularum Mundi Chorographia," containing 131 coloured maps, 



executed in the 15th century. 

 The Old Testament, in Ger 



lerman, with miniatures, written at Ratlsbon in 1465, on vellum, 

 in two large volumes. 



Two volumes, in which are entered the Proceedings of the Parliament held at Paris in 

 1515, l.=)16 ; on vellum. 



An original Charter of Gerard, Bishop of Cambrai, dated a.d. 1090, with a fine specimen 

 of his seal en placard. 



The 



