ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11 



Catalogue of Egerton Collection. — Numbers 2,125, 2,134, 2,135, 2,138 to 2,168, 2,170 to 

 2,188 acquired in the years 1871, 1872, have been described. 



Indexes, — The Sloane Index has been arranged, and cross references have been prepared. 

 The Catalogue of the Birch Collection, forming Additional MSS. 4,101 to 4,478, has been 

 Indexed in slips from No. 4,101 to 4,318. The Catalogues of Additional and Egerton 

 Manuscripts, acquired in the years 1854 to 1859, have been Indexed in slips to March 

 1859. 



Registers. — The Registers of Additional and Egerton Manuscripts have been con- 

 tinued to nearly the latest numbers. 



Transcription — The Catalogues of the following Collections have been copied in quad- 

 ruplicate '.—Old Eoyal, Nos. 13 B. I., 13 B. 11;, 18 B. VI.; Sloane, from No. 3,823 to 

 4,100; Additional, from 23,780 to 24,026, and 27,607 to 28,971 ; Egerton Charters, from 

 139 to 257 ; Harley Charters, 52 A. 1 to 57 C. 24. 



Arrangement of Papers. — The Ellis Correpondence, forming 82 volumes, the Corre- 

 spondence and Papers of Warren Hastings, in 268 volumes, and other Collections acquired 

 during the year, have been ai'ranged for binding. 



Binding. — Three hundred and eighty-six volumes of Additional, and 27 Egerton 

 Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been repaired and bound. One hundred and twenty- 

 six volumes of the Old Collections have been repaired and re-bound. 



Thirty-nine volumes of the Class Catalogue, and eighty-three volumes of Printed 

 Books have been bound. 



Verification. — The Collections have been verified by the shelf-lists. 



Three hundred and sixty Manuscripts have been placed, and entered in the hand and 

 shelf-lists. 



Nine hundred and sixty-four Manuscripts, Charters, and Printed Books have been 

 stamped. Total of impressions, 27,684. 



Nine hundred and seven Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 21,128 ; 

 and of those used by students in the rooms of the department 1,751. 



The number of Charters and Seals delivered to Readers is 581. 



The Acquisition of Manuscripts during the year is as follows : — 



General Collection ...------ 445 



Egerton - - -■-.- - - - - -40 



Charters ----------61 



Papyri ___.--_-_-5 



The following Manuscripts are included in the purchases of the year : — 



Greek Papyri, from the Collection of Mr. A. C. Harris, late of Alexandria, viz.: — 



A fragment of the Iliad, comprising lines 1 to 171, and 311 to the end, of the 

 18th book, written in the first century of the Christian era. The readings closely 

 agree with the received text. 



Thirty-two fragments, in eleven sheets, of the Orations of Hyperides against 

 Demosthenes and Lycophron, of the same character with the roll belonging to 

 Mr. Arden. They were found by Mr. Harris, in Thebes, and were published by 

 him in the year 1848. 



Nine fragments of a roll of proper nanies, with arithmetical figures placed 

 before and after them, of the Ptolemaic period. 



A Horoscope, in four sheets. 



A Latin Service-book, containing the Psalter, Hours, and Special Prayers, written 

 for the use of Alfonso the Fifth, of Aragon, in the year 1442 ; richly illuminated, 

 and illustrated with numerous miniatures of Spanish character. The King's portrait 

 and arms are frequently introduced ; and a view of the port of Gaeta, where he 

 suffered a defeat in his attempt to secure the throne of Naples in 1435, occurs at the 

 head of a series of special prayers. 



Marco Polo's "Liure des Condicions etCoutumesdes Principales Regions de Orient." 

 An unpublished vers^ion, of the 15th century. The arms of France are painted on 

 the first page. 



An original Chartulary of the College of St. Nicholas de Vaux, in Salisbury, 

 from A.D. 1260 to the reign of Henry the Sixth. 



i88. B 2 Fair 



