10 ACCOUNTS, itc. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



4. Previous descriptions of Additional Charters 14,587 to 14,610 have been revised. 



5. A full Index of names and subjects has been prepared in slips for the Catalogue of 

 Additional Charters, from No. 13,984 to 17,356. 



6. Two hundred and eighty-four Seals, attached to the Additional Charters 17,357 

 to 18,100, and 860 casts of Seals of the Doubleday Collection, have been described for 

 the Catalogue of Seals. 



7. Previous descriptions of 3,441 Seals, attached to the Harleian Charters 57 A. 1 to 

 83 H. 49, have been revised a first time; and those of 4,758 Seals, attached to the 

 Harleian Charters 57 A. 1 to 79 G. 38, have been revised a second time. 



8. Five thousand one hundred and twenty -six slips have been prepared for an Ordinary 

 of Arms from the Seals. 



9. The references to pages in the sheets of the printed Sloane Catalogue have been 

 corrected by the manuscripts from No. 1 to 1,091, and in the manuscript continuation of 

 the same from No. 2,301 to 3,959. 



10. The manuscript Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts has been fairly copied in 

 quadruplicate from No. 19,720 to 22,583, and that of the Egerton Collection from No. 

 1,739 to 1,945. 



11. The Registers of additions to the General and the Egerton Collections have been 

 continued to the latest acquisition, and copied for the E-eading Room. 



12. The Registers of Additional and Egerton MSS. have been indexed from the year 

 1861 to the end of 1869. 



13. The Additional Charters have been numbered and inventoried from No. 17,357 to 

 18,100. 



14. The acquisitions during the year have been numbered, arranged, and prepared for 

 binding. 



15. Three hundred and thirty volumes, viz. :— Additional MSS., 26,555-26,601, 

 acquired in the year 1865 ; 27,447-27,449, acquired in the year 1866 ; 27,782, 27,903- 

 27,908, 27,910-27,912, 27,914-27,926, 27,929-27,952, 27,954-27,961, 27,963, 27,964, 

 acquired in the year 1868; 27,965-27,970,27,972-28,014,28,017-28,035,28,040-28,134, 

 28,136-28,138, acquired in the year 1869; and the Egerton MSS., 1,998, 2,014-2,016, 

 2,020, 2,022, 2,025, 2,026, 2,035,2,042-2,0:4, 2,047-2,074, 2,077-2,093, have been bound, 

 lettered, and repaired. 



16. One hundred and thirty -six volumes of the old Collections have been re-bound or 

 repaired. 



17. Six Charters have been repaired or their Seals mended. 



18. The several Collections have been verified by the Shelf Lists. 



19. New Shelf Lists have been prepared for the Middle Room, South Room, Map 

 Room, and Gallery of the Egerton Room, and for the Select Seals and Charters. 



20. Two hundred and nine casts of Seals have been mounted, and the whole Doubleday 

 Collection has been arranged. 



21. Sixteen hundred and eighty-seven Manuscripts, Charters, and printed Books of 

 Reference, have been stamped, with a total of 39,594 impressions. 



22. Twelve hundred and twenty-two Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



23. The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year was 

 21,842 ; and of those consulted by artists and others in the rooms of the department 

 1,284, in addition to those shown to visitors. The number of Charters consulted was 726. 



24. The acquisitions of Manuscripts during the year have been as foUows : — 



General Collection — 



Additional MSS. 226 



Charters and Rolls -------- 452 



Detached Seals and Casts -------13 



Egerton and Farnborough — 



Manuscripts --------- 31 



Amongst these may be noticed as of special interest: — 



The French theological work entitled '' Somme le Roy," composed by Friar Laurent, 

 Confessor to Philip tlie Third of France, in the year 1279 ; with a series of Illus- 

 trative miniatures, on nine leaves, painted by a French artist about the year 1300. 



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