ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I3 



Richard II. to that of Henry V. inclusive, written on vellum by Thomas Hocclyf, the 

 Poet (pupil of Chaucer), who was a clerk in that office. From the Savile Collection. 



A volume, on vellum, containing a " Chronicon Angliae " from A.n. 1317 to a.d. 1389, 

 and an inedited Chronicle of the Bishops of Durham, from a.d. 1214 to a.d. 1381; of the 

 14th century. From the Savile Collection. 



Some vellum fragments of the History of Orosius, of the 7th century, written in uncial 

 letters. 



A very valuable copy of the Latin Vulgate Bible, of the 10th century, on vellum, but 

 evidently transcribed from a manuscript of much earlier date. 



The Latin Chronicle of Sigebert of Gemblours (dioc. Liege) lo a.d. 1109, and continuea 

 to A.D. 1131 ; a copy on vellum, of the 12th century, and of the highest authority in regard 

 to the text. 



A volume of Collections relatino- to the See of Exeter, particularly the Acts of the Synod 

 held there in a.d. 1287; on vellum and paper, of the 14th and loth centuries. Presented 

 by Sir Walter Calveiley Trevelyan, Bart. 



An interesting volume containing a series of Drawings on vellum in grisaille, illus- 

 trative of the travels ot Sir John Maundeville; probably executed in Germany about the 

 year 1430. (See Waagen's " Art and Artists in England," vol. ii. p. 178.) 



A small but beautiful volume, in which are ihe illuminated Calendar and Miniatures 

 belonging to a Book of Hours, executed in the highest style of Flemish art, in the early 

 part ot the 16th century ; on vellum. 



An extensive collection of original Charters relating to various English Counties of the 

 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries ; obtained at the .sale of a portion of the Surrenden library. 



An original Charter of Godebald, Bishop of Utrecht, dai. a.d. J122, and another of 

 Nicholas, Bishop of Carabrai, a.d. 1138, with Seals; original Charters of Louis VIL and 

 Philip IV. of France to Canterbury, a.d. 1180 and 1285, with fine Seals; an original 

 Charter of Earl David of Scotland (ob. a.d. 1219), and another of Hugh Lacy, Earl ot 

 Lincoln, AD. 1292, with fine Seals, the latter presented by Maurice P. Moore, esq. ; the 

 original Foundation Charter of the College of St. Mary Ottery, at Exeter, in 1337, writh 

 four Seals in remarkable preservation, and two Historical Documents in the handwriting of 

 William of VVickham,when secretary to Philippa Queen of Edward lIL,in 1365 and 1367. 



A Map of the World (measuring 7 ft. 3 in. by 4 ft. 6| in.), drawn on vellum for Henry IL 

 of France, by Pierre Desceliers of Arques in Provence, in the year 1550 ; important as a 

 monument of geoaraphical discovery. 



A small quarto volume containing the Poems of James the First, corrected by himself, 

 and given to Prince Charles, who has added two others, a list of contents, and headings 

 throughout. 



The copy of Hobbes's "Leviathan," written on vellum in 1651, ;ind corrected by the 

 author, intended to be presented to King Charles the Second. 



A large collection of Original Letters and Papers, relating chiefly to the civil and literary 

 history of France and Italy, iVom the 14th to the 18th century; including numerous 

 Autographs of Royal and Noble Houses, and personages of literary eminence. 



An additional portion of the State Correspondence 1645-1660, transcribed from the 

 Archives at the Hague, and also of the Correspondence of Fiancesco Terriesi, 1684—1687, 

 transcribed from the Archives at Florence. 



The Original Official Correspondence of Thomas, second Lord Grantham, when Ambas- 

 sador at Madrid, from 1771 to 1779, in 23 volumes folio. Presented by the Countess 

 Cowper. 



Above a hundred and twenty Original Letters and Poems of William Cowper, from 

 1770 to 1793, among which are the autograph copies of "Johnny Gilpin," " Alexander 

 Selkirk," " Loss of the Royal George,"' and other popular pieces. 



A nearly complete set of the Minutes of the Trial of Warren Hastings, with abstracts 

 of the Evidence, Indexes, &c. in about 60 volumes folio- 



The rough autograph draft of a portion of the 25th (and concluding) chapter of the late 

 Lord Macaulay's History of England. Presented by Lady Trevelyan. 



Three Rolls on Papyrus, in the Sahidic dialect of the Coptic language; probably of the 

 9th century. Presented by G. C. Rankin, and C. W. Goodwin, esqrs. 



• Frederic Madden. 



Department of Oriental, British, and Medieval Antiquities, and 



Ethnoghaphy. 



J. — Arrangement. 



Public Galleries, — Great progress has been made in the chronological arrangement 

 of the Sepulchral tablets and smaller Egyptian monuments in the Galleries, and the cases 

 in the second Egyptian Room have been re-arranged, to incorporate acquisitions, or improve 

 the general classification. 



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