ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Among the most Interesting acquisitions of the year are : — 



872 drawings and pen-and-ink sketches of Abbeys, Castles, Cathedrals and Churches, 

 principally in Great Britain ; with eight photographs and 29 engravings of similar 

 subjects, and 144 drawn ground-plans of the Abbeys and Conventual Churches of the 

 principal monastic orders in England and Wales, including two plans of Clairvaux and 

 Citeaux respectively, the whole comprised in 875 sheets; the drawings and ground-plans 

 are made by the donor, the Rev. Mackenzie E. C. Walcott, b.d., Prtecentor and 

 Prebendary of Chichester ; among these is the latest drawing of the so-called Parliament 

 House at Dolgelly (now pulled down), where OwainGlyndwr is said to have assembled 

 his Parliament in 1404, when he formed an alliance with Charles VI. of France : among 

 them also is a descriptive ground-plan of Mount St. Bernard's Abbey, Leicester, 

 specially executed for Mr. Walcott for purposes of comparison, by the lord Abbot. 



A portfolio, containing 92 sketches made in Greece by the late Lady TreveJyan in a 

 tour from April to July 1842, with a Map showing the routes. Presented by Sir Walter 

 Trevelyan, Baronet. 



A portfolio, containing 26 water-colour drawings of views In the Faroe Islands, made 

 by Patrick Gibson, in 1812. Presented by Sir Walter Trevelyan, Bart. 



A superb and very rare Map of Naples, entitled '' Mapa Topografica della CItta di 

 Napoli," by the celebrated Neapolitan Architect, NIccold Carletti, Naples, 1775, 35 

 sheets folio. 



R. H. Major. 



Department op Manuscripts. 



Class- Catalogue. — Additional insertions have been made in the divisions of Greek 

 Literature, Theology, Liturgies, Church History, State Letters, Private Letters, Law, 

 Parliament, Biography, Essays, Fiction and Bibliography. 



Description slij^s for the division of Drawings and Engravings have been arranged 

 and laid down. 



A general Index has been completed in slips, arranged and laid down. 



Catalogue of Romances, — Various works in fifty-six different manuscripts have been 

 described, and descriptions of one hundred and forty-eight manuscripts have been 

 revised. A portion of the copy has been sent to press. 



Catalogue of Additions.— The Additional Manuscripts 29,548, 29,549,29,597-29,609, 

 29,802-29,811, 29,861-29,982, 30,001-30,013, acquired in the years 1874, 1875, and 1876, 

 have been described. 



Descriptions of manuscripts acquired in the years 1866-1875 have been revised. 



Sheets B to 3 B, containing descriptions of Additional MSS. 24,027 to 29,909, 

 acquired in the years 1861-1875, have been revised and printed off. •< 



Catalogue of the JEgerton Collection. — Descriptions of the Egerton MSS. 1637-1788, 

 acquired in the years 1854-1858, have been revised and condensed for the printed 

 Catalogue of Additions. 



Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals. — Additional Charters 24,324-24,327, 24,746- 

 24,884, and Egerton 404-416, have been described. 



Descriptions of Nos. 18,025-18,884, 24,472-24,745, and of Harley Charters 84 H. 25- 

 86 I. 63, 111 A. 1-111 H. 37, have been revised. 



Descriptions of Additional Charters 8,516-24,745, and Egerton 103-416, acquired in the 

 years 1854-1875, have been abridged for the printed Catalogue of Additions. 



Photographic impressions have been prepared of forty documents for Part III. of the 

 Facsimiles of Ancient Charters, and the transcripts made. 



The Seal Index has been partially revised. 



Registration. — The Registers of the Additional and Egerton MSS. have been continued 

 to the latest acquisitions. 



The Register of Seals has been continued from No. XL v. 51 to XLVi. 3. 



The Index to the Registers of Additional and Egerton MSS. acquired in the years 

 1869-1875 has been completed. 



Arrangement of Papers and Documents. — The following Collections have been 

 arranged : — The Hay Drawings from Egyptian monuments, in forty-nine volumes ; the 

 Carter Drawings of English buildings and monuments, in twenty-one volumes ; the 

 correspondence of the families of Swynfen and Jervis, in twenty-four volumes ; a portion 



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