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



A photographic reproduction of a Hydrographical Chart on parchment, also late in the 

 fourteenth century, in the Royal Archives, Florence, comprising the Mediterranean and 

 Black Seas. It bears the following epigraph, " Presbiter Joannes rector Sancti Marci de 

 Porta Janue me fecit.'' 



A series, very rare, of 11 Plans, Perspective Views and Sectional Drawings of the 

 Escorial, engraved and published in 1587 by Pierre Perret, of Antwerp, from the original 

 drawings by the Architect, Juan de Herrera, the pupil and successor of Juan Bautista de 

 Toledo, who laid the first stone of the Escorial in 1563. To Herrera is attributed the 

 plan of the church. To this copy is appended a reprint on one sheet of the descriptive 

 catalogue or summary published by Herrera in 1589, Madrid, small 8vo., " Sumario y breve 

 declaracion," &c., now excessively scarce, only thi-ee copies being known, one of which 

 is in the Library of the British Museum. 



Drawn Plan and Measurements of the Alhambra, by Owen Jones and J. Gourv. 



A view in indian-iuk of Pendennis Castle and the Town of Falmouth, by Bernard 

 Lens, senior [1700?]. 



And the following presentations : — 



Three Maps of the Battlefield of Gettysburg, colored differently to show the positions 

 of troops on July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 1863; laid down in the office of Chief Engineers, 

 U.S. Army, but not for general distribution, only a limited number being issued. Pre- 

 sented by Chief of Engineers, Washington, U.S. 



A collection of 220 engi'uvings, photographs, drawn views, and ground-plans on 199 

 sheets, of churches, castles, abbeys, &c., in Great Britain and Normandy ; the drawings, 

 with the exception of a ground-plan of Great Malvern Abbey Church, by the late Sir 

 Gilbert Scott, executed by the donor of the entire collection, the Rev. Precentor and 

 Prebendary Mackenzie E. C. Walcott; and 



A collection of 96 Topographical Drawings in sepia, on 96 sheets, of various places in 

 Italy, by John Henderson, Esq., father of the late John Henderson, Esq., F.S.A. : presented 

 by his executor, A. W. Franks, Esq., Keeper of the Ethnographical Department, 

 British Museum. 



R. H. Major. 



Depaetment oe Manusceipts. 



1. Catalogue of Romances. — Articles in forty-three different Manuscripts have been 

 described or revised, relative to British and English traditions, principally on the subjects 

 of Arthur, Havelok, Guy of Warwick, Fulk Fitz Warine, and Robin Hood. 



Sheets N to T have been corrected and printed off. 



2. Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts. — Descriptions of the follovving Manuscripts 

 have been written or revised : — Cotton Tiberius A. XIV, XV art. 3, C. II ; 

 Claudius B.V. ; Caligula A. XV; Galba A. XVIII; Otho A. I , B. VI ; Vespasian 

 A. I, B, VI art. 2, B. XIV; Titus C, XV; Domitian IX; Cleopatra A. Ill; Harley 

 208, 1,775, 2,674, 2,686, 2,736, 2,782, 2,793, 2,965, 3,024, 3,026, 3,063, 4,980, 5,041, 

 5,694, 5,787, 5,792, 7,653 ; Royal 2 A. XX, 4 A. XIV, 7 C. XII, 1 D. V-VIII, 

 1 E. VI., 5 E. XIII, 8 E. XV ; Arundel 125, 166, 213, 375, 393, 547 ; Burney 340, 

 408; Additional 5,111, 10,459, 11,300, 11,852, 11,878, 11,880. 14,637,14,638,14,642, 

 15,350, 15,602, 17,210, 17,211, 17,212, 17,471, 18,304, 18,322, 18,325, 18,332, 18,344, 

 18,347, 18,349, 18,350, 19,390, 19,961, 20,002, 24,144, 25,600, 26,118, 29,276, 29,972 ; 

 Egerton 1,046 ; and Papyri XXXVII, XCVIII, C VII, CVIII. 



3. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts. — An Appendix and Index are in course of 

 preparation. 



4. Catalogue of Additions. — The slips of the General Index to the two volumes of the 

 Catalogue of Additions for 1854-1875 have been arranged and finally revised for the 

 letters A — F. 



5. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals. — The Additional Charters 24,816-24,819, 

 24,885-25,927, 25,959-26,024, acquired in the years 1876- 1878, have been described. 



The descriptions of Cotton Charters I.I.— XIV. 2 ; Royal Rolls 14 B. 1-14 B. LII ; 

 Additional Charters 24,915-25,011, 25,928-25,958; and of Egerton Charters 258-416, 

 have been revised. 



Part IV. of the Facsimiles of Ancient Charters has been revised and printed off. An 

 Index to the whole series is in course of preparation. 



Additional Charters 25,979-26,072 have been arranged. 



The Laing Collection of Casts of Scottish Seals has been numbered and arranged, and 

 a register and index of the description-slips have been made. 



The Doubleday Collection of Casts of Miscellaneous Seals has been finally numbered 

 and arranged ; and the descriptions have been numbered and verified. 



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