J 2 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH JIUSEUM. 



14. The Egerton Manuscripts have been arranged, numbered and registered, from No. 

 1,929 to No. 1,942; and bound, lettered, and stamped, from No. 1,732 to No. 1,757 

 (Bentinck Papers), and No. 1,894 to i,909. 



15. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered from No. J 5,585 

 to No. 16,157, and registered from No. 1,585 to No. 2,170, and from No. 4,801 to No. 

 6,349. 1 hey have also been separately marked with the date of acquisition, from No. 

 14,509 to No. 15,207. 



16. Five hundred and sixty-three of the Additional Manuscripts, 254 of the Sloane, 234 

 of the Lansdowne, and 43 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio'd. 



17. Stamps have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document in 29 volumes 

 of the Cottonian Collection, 1 Old Royal, 13 Harleian, 15 Hargrave, 39 Egerton, and 

 1,149 Additional Manuscripts; also on 538 Additional and 15 Egerton Charters, and 133 

 Books of Reference. The total number of stamps affixed amounts to 49,023. 



18. New Hand-Lists have been made of the Harleian Collection and the Select Manu- 

 scripts; and a brief list of detached Seals, from 1853 to 1861. Of the Add. MSS. 352 

 have been permanently and 318 temporarily press-marked, and entered in the inventories. 



19. Thiity-niue Cottonian, 80 Sloane, 45 Harleian, 5 Lansdowne, 17 Hargrave. 16 

 Egerion, and 881 Additional Manuscripts, with 151 Books of Reference, have been 

 bound, repaired, or lettered. The remains of the Cottonian Manuscript Otho e. xiv. 

 (injured in the fire of 1731), have been inlaid, with nine other volumes not numbered. 



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

 numbers, and stamped, from No. 15,508 to No. 16,157, and the numbers entered in the 

 Shelf-Lists. Eleven Pipe-Rolls have been repaired (the whole of this Collection, called 

 the Chancellor's Rolls, is now re-transferred, by order of the Trustees, to the custody of 

 the Master of the Pvolls), and the Harleian Roll, Y 6. Eiglitv -seven injured Seals have 

 been repaired. 



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



To the General Collection — 



Manuscripts -----___ 695 



Original Charters and Rolls _ - _ _ _ 533 



Original Seals and Bullae ------ 23 



To the Egerton Collection — 



Manuscript ------__i 



Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be mentioned — 



A fine copy, on vellum, of the Historia Ecclesiastica of Bede, of the 12th century. 

 From the library of the late Sir F. Paigrave, k.h. 



A copy of the Chronicle of William of Newburgh to the year 1197, on vellum, of the 

 15th century. 



A volume containing the Psalter, Canticles, &c., written on vellum, and partially illu- 

 minated in the best style of English art; executed probably for Alphonsus, second son 

 of Edward L on the occasion of his contemplated marriage with the daughter of the 

 Count of Holland, in 1284. From the Tenison Library. 



A valuable collection of 203 Original Charters, from the reign of Henry IL to Charles IL 

 relating to various English counties. Presented by the family of the late Sir F. Paigrave. 



A fine copy of the works of Apuleius, on vellum, of the 14lh century. From the 

 library of the Rev. J. Mitford. 



" La Spera," of Gregorio Dati, on vellum, with miniatures and coloured maps, 15th century. 



The curious work of Rob. Valturio of Rimini, " de Re Militari," addressed to Sioismondo 

 Pandolpho Malatest;i, written on vellum, 15th century, and illustrated with dravvino-s of 

 warlike machines. From M. Libri's collection. 



Eleven Ethiopic manuscripts on vellum, among which is an abridgment of the History 

 of Josephus, and the service-book of the Jews resident in Abyssinia. 



The original book of expenses of Marguerite de Valois, first wife of Henry IV. of 

 France, from 1612 to 1614. 



The entire works of the poet SaadI in Persian, a splendid volume, with numerous 

 miniatures and illuminated borders, written a.h. 976 ^ a. d. 1568. From M. Libri's 

 collection. 



The Original Correspondence of Thomas Lord Dacre, of Gillesland, Warden of the 

 Marches against Scotland, from June 1523 to August 1524. From the library of Miss 

 Richardson Currer. 



A volume of Original Letters of Philip IV. of Spain to the Padre Quiroga, from 1629 

 to 1646, and another' volume of Consultas, with annotations in the handwriting of Philip, 

 1643-1648. 



Sixty 



