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



of the Transcripts of State Papers from the Hague Archives, In sixteen volumes ; the 

 correspondence of Sir Robert Wilson, in fifty-one volumes ; fifty-eight Charters and 

 Kolls. Thirteen volumes of the Ellis Papers have been re-arranged. 



Binding. — Three hundred and fourteen Additional Manuscripts, lately acquired ; one 

 hundred and sixty-six volumes of the old collections, and one hundred and fifty-uine 

 printed Books of Reference, have been bound or repaired. 



Verification. — The several Collections of Manuscripts, the Harley Charters 46 A. 1 to 

 51 F. 50; and Additional Charters 23,274-24,712, have been verified by the shelf- 

 lists. 



Transcription. — The Catalogues of Additional Manuscripts from Nos. 28,875 to 

 28,936; of Additional Charters from No. 17,595 to 20,509; of the Harley Charters 84 

 F. 1 to 86 I. 63, and 111 A. 1 to 111 H. 38 ; the Index to the Registers of Additional 

 and Egerton Manuscripts acquix'ed in 1869-1875 ; and the Catalogue of Printed Books of 

 Reference, have been copied fourfold. 



Miscellaneous.— A new hand-list has been prepared for the Harley Collection of 

 Manuscripts ; and the hand-list of Additional Charters has been continued from No. 

 19,706 to 24,884. 



Three hundred and seventy-six Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been placed and 

 entered in the shelf and hand-lists. 



Fifteen hundred and fortj^-seven Manuscripts, Charters, and Printed Books, have 

 been stamped. Total impressions, 12,302. 



Six hundred and eight Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room during the year is 19,121, 

 and of those used by students in the rooms of the Dejiartment, 5,042. 



The number of Rolls and Charters delivered to readers is 761. 



The acquisitions during the year are as follows : — 



General Collection of Manuscripts ----- 329 



Egerton Manuscripts __----_ 7 



Charters 1,067 



Detached impressions and casts of Seals _ _ - _ 2,472 



Papyrus ---------- 1 



The following may be distinguished : — 



An imperfect volume of Homilies of St. Augustine, written in Merovingian 

 characters in the 7th century. 



A fragment of a Ravenna Charter of the 7th century, on Papyrus. 



The monastic rules of Joannes Cassianus, Macarius, Pachomius, Basil, Benedict 

 and Isidore, written in Visigothic characters, with ornamented initial letters, in the 

 9th centmy. 



B. Ildefonsi liber de VIrginitate S. Marias ; written in Spain in the year of the 

 Spanish era 1154, A.D, 1116. 



An illuminated Latin Psalter, with obits of the Castelans of Bourbourg and 

 Counts of (juisnes in the Calendar ; 13th century. 



Two copies of the " Livre du Tresor," of Brunetto Latini, in French ; of the 13th 

 and early 14th centuries. 



A Spanish translation of Bartholomew Glanville's encyclopedic work, " De 

 proprietatibus rerum ;" of the 15th century. 



The Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great, translated into Spanish; 15th century. 



An Antiphonary, with musical notes; written probably In Catalonia in the 13th 

 century, and containing some Greek verses In Latin characters. 



An Antiphonary, with Italian miniatures ; of the 14th century. 



A collection of Madrigals and other musical compositions by Italian musicians of 

 the 14th, and In writing of the 15th century ; some of the pieces are In parts. 



"Le LIvre du Mirouer des Dames," a work of religious and moral instructian for 

 ladies ; late 14th contury. 



A Hymnarium, written for the Friars Hermits of the order of St. Augustine, 

 " apud liocum S. Salvatorls de Silva Lacus," richly Illuminated and Illustrated with 



numerous 



