ACCOUNTS, &€., OF THE BRITISH MUSbUM. H 



Indexes to the Catalogues of Birch JMSS. (Additional 4101 to 4478) and Additional 

 and Egerton MSS. acquired in the years 1854 to 1859, are in preparation. 



The detailed Catalogue of the Sloane Collection, from No. 1897 to 3822; the Index 

 to Autograph Letters in the Harleian Collection ; and the MS. Additions to the printed 

 descriptions of the restored Cotton MSS., have been copied in quadruplicate. 



The Register of Additions has been continued for the year 1871, and copied for use in 

 the Reading Room. 



Collections of Letters and Papers acquired during the year have been arrano-ed 

 for binding. 



Three hundred and forty-five volumes of late additions and 18 Egerton MSS. have 

 been repaired, bound, and lettered; 62 volumes of the old Collections have been re-bound 

 and repaired ; and 275 Charters and Rolls lately acquired have been cleaned, repaired, 

 and numbered. 



Seven hundred and tvrelve Manuscripts have been entered in the shelf-lists. 



The Collections have been verified by the shelf-lists. 



Fourteen hundred and fifty-five Manuscripts, Charters, and Printed Books, have been 

 stamped, with a total of 25,402 impressions. 



Six hundred and seventy Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 21,812, 

 and of those used by students in the rooms of the department 1,376, not including 

 those shown to visitors. The number of Charters and Seals delivered to Readers is 362. 



The acquisitions during the year have been as follow : — 

 General Collection — 



Additional MSS. - - - 307 



Charters and Rolls - - - 339 



Detached Seals and Casts -------86 



Egerton and Farnborough Collections — 



Farnborough MSS. 33 



Do. Charters ---------77 



The following are among volumes of especial interest : — 



A richly illuminated Latin Psalter of the 13th century, preceded by a series of six 

 miniature illustrations of the Life of Our Saviour, painted on gold grounds, with stamped 

 patterns, and a Map of the World. The manuscript is of English work, and the miniatures 

 are fine and interesting examples of the school. 



Cuttings from a Latin Psalter of the 13th century, comprising 15 miniatures, with 

 numerous border ornaments and initial letters, of the finest execution, by French 

 illuminators. 



Seven leaves of the Imperfect Latin Treatise on the Vices, illuminated by "The Monk 

 of Hyeres" (of the family of Cybo, of Genoa), in the 14th century, which was purchased 

 for the Museum in the year 1867. The borders are filled with coloured drawings of 

 flowers, shells, insects, and various animals, painted from nature. 



The four Gospels, Acts, and Epistles, in Greek, of the 12th century; beautifully 

 written and illuminated, and having miniatures of the Evangelists. Bound in wood, 

 covered with velvet and lined with embroidered silk. On the upper cover are remains of 

 plates of silver gilt, worked with half figures of the Evangelists and St. Peter and 

 St. Paul, and three designs in separate compartments, representing the triumph of the 

 Church over the heretics Nestor and Noetus, with Greek inscriptions. 



Two Greek copies of portions of the New Testament, dated a.d. 1111 and 1272. 



The Exposition of the Canons of the Eastern Church, by Johannes Zonaras, in Greek, 

 of the 13th century. 



The general and Byzantine Annals of Johannes Zonaras, from the Creation to A.D. 

 1118; together with the Annals of Georgius Acropolita, from 1204 to 1260, in Greek. 

 A paper MS. of the 14th centuiy. 



The Homilies of Ephraim Syrus, in Greek ; of the 12th century. 



A portion of the Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, on Genesis, in Greek ; finely 

 written, in the 1 1 th century. 



The Convito of Dante ; on paper, of the 15th century. 



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