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



10. A descriptive Catalogue is in progress of the Seals attached to the Original Charters 

 in the various Colltctions, and 7,214 Seals, attached to Add. Ch. 1-16,508, and Campbell 

 Ch. 1 — XXXVI. 25, have been entered on slips. A Schedule has also been made ot a series 

 of casts of Imperial Seals, and registered from xli. 1, to xli. 231. 



11. Twenty-six volumes in Arabic, 109 in Persian, and four in Turkish, have been de- 

 scribed in detail, and 167 in various Oriental languages more briefly for the Catalogues of 

 Additions. 



12. The Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts has been continued, and the Nos. 14,567- 

 14,665, 14,671-14,735, and 17,126-17,172, described in detail. 



13. Indexes have been made to the Additional MSS. 4,965, 4,968-4970, 21,417-21,426, 

 21,240-21,243, and 23,505 ; also to the Topham and Lansdowne Collections of Charters. 

 An Index has likewise been made and transcribed into the third volume of the General 

 Catalogue of Charters (two copies). 



14. Many corrections have been made in the printed Catalogues of the Coitonian and 

 Sloane Manuscripts placed in the Reading Room. 



15. The Register of Donations has been kept up to the end of 1865. 



16. The Letters and Papers in Add. MSS. 21,417-21,427, 26,076-26,079, 26,092- 

 26,099, and Egerton MSS. 1,964-1,071, have been arranged, or re-arran<jed, as also the Cot- 

 nian M SS. Tib. A, viii., B. xi. ; Otho A. iv., C. iv., D. ii., D. v. ; and Vitell. D. iv., D. xviii. 



17. The Additional Manuscripts have been numbered and registered, from No. 25,906 to 

 No. 26,721, from No. 26,622 to No. 26,891, and from No. 27,215 to No. 27,235 ; and 

 bound, repaired, lettered, and stamped, from No. 25,612 to No. 25,727, and from No. 25,769 

 to No. 26,039. 



18. The Egerton Manuscripts have been numbered and registered, from No. 1,963 to 

 No. 2,002. 



19. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been arranged and numbered, from No. 

 16,332 to No. 16,511. 



20. Six hundred and forty-six of the Additional Manuscripts, 111 Sloane, 57 Cottonian, 

 97 Lansdowne, and 27 of the Egerton Collection, have been folio'd. 



21. Stamps have been placed on every tract, letter, or separate document, in 16 volumes 

 of the Cottonian Collection, 2 Old Royal, 3 Harleian, 1 Arundel, and 2,510 Additional 

 Manuscripts ; also on 99 Additiouiil Charters, and 81 Books of Reference. Extra stamps 

 have also been placed on 76 Additional and 16 Egerton volumes. The total number of 

 stamps affixed amounts to 60,421. 



22. Ninety-lhree Cottonian, 5 Sloane, 9 Old Royal, 82 Harleian, 4 Arundel, and 397 

 Additional Manuscripts, with 84 Books of Reference, have been bound, repaired, or lettered. 

 Eighteen Aiuiidel Manuscripts have been armed, and 398 Additional permanently press- 

 marked and entered in the inventories. 



23. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been cleaned, repaired, and stamped with 

 numbers, from No. 16,317 to No. 16,415, and 302 boxes made for Bullte and Casts. 



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



To the General Collection — 



Manuscripts - - - - - - - - 1,177 



Original Charters - . - - _ _ - _ igo 

 Casts of Seals ----.--_- 231 



To the Egerton Collection — 



Manuscripts - - - - -- - -40 



Among the acquisitions more worthy of notice may be specified — 



A fine copy of Gower's " Confesslo Amantis," written on vellum in the 14th century. 



Metrical Lives of the Saints, in English, of the beginning of the 14th century, on vellum. 



A copy of the French Chronicle of Jean Juvenal des Ursins, of the 16th century, being 

 the one used by Denis Godefroy for the edition of 1614. 



The English version of Sir John Maundevile's Travels, on vellum, 14th century, which 

 appears to have been obtained by Caxton, the printer, from the abbey of St. Alban in 

 1490. 



The Sonetti and Canzoni of Boiaido, written on vellum in the year 1474. 



Eighty- seven volumes on vellum and paper (somewhat damaged by fire), presented by 

 John Payne, Esq. Among them is the Archinto Codex of "Dante, on vellum, 14th 

 century, and the Gospels in Slavonic, written in 1322 on vellum ; also a large series of 

 Correspondence of Papal Nuncios; Diaria ; Bulls; &c., during the 16th, 17th, and J 8th 

 centuries. 



About twenty volumes of Extracts from Public Records and other Collectanea relating 

 to the county of York. 



Many 



