ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I3 



Depaetment of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Ancient MSS. — Seven IManuscripts and five Papyri have been described 

 for the Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts. 



2. Catalogue of Romances. — Articles in fifty-five different Manuscripts have been de- 

 scribed, relative to the cycle of Charlemagne and miscellaneous Romances. 



Sheets 2 E to 2 L have been corrected and printed off. 



3. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts. — The third volume is passing through the 

 press. Sheets I to X have been printed off. 



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

 Additions for 1854-1875 has passed through the press. 



The Additional MSS. 29,910-30,237, acquired in 1876; 30,238-30,516, in 1877; 

 30,517-30,805, 30,865-30,867, in 1878; 30,991-31,140, 31,150-31,152, in 1879; and 

 31,153-31,243, in 1880, have been described. The greater number of the descriptions 

 have been revised. 



5. Indexes, — The revision of the slips of the new Index to the Sloane collection is in 

 progress. 



Lists have been prepared of autographs contained in various volumes of the following 

 collections:— Sloane, 1-4,100. Additional, 4,101-11,748 ; 14,157-15,667. Similar lists 

 for the Harley collection are in progress. 



6. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals. — The Cotton Charters, XII. 61, 69, 72; 

 XIV. 1— XXVII. 9; Harley Eolls, A. 1—H. 14; K. 1— N. 32; T. 1— Y. 26 : Sloane 

 Charters, XXXI. 1.--XXXIII. 87 b ; WoUey Charters, II. 66— XII. 144 ; Campbell 

 Charters, I. 1-XII. o ; Additional Charters, 26,136-26,516 ; and Egerton Charters, 417- 

 485, have been described. 



The descriptions of Cotton Charters, XIV. 1— XXV. 30 ; Harley Rolls, A. 1 — G. 10, 

 K. 1— L. 7, T. 1— V. 34 ; Sloane Charters, XXXI. 1— XXXIII. 87 h ; Wolley Char- 

 ters, II. 5— XII. 144 ; Campbell Charters, I. 1— XII. 5 ; Additional Charters, 26,025- 

 26,516 ; and Egerton Charters, 371-485, have been revised. 



Additional Charters and Rolls, 26,405-26,582 ; and Egerton Charters, 427-485, have 

 been arranged and numbered. 



The preparation of an Index of names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls 

 and Charters is nearly completed. 



Eleven hundred and ninety-four Seals, lately acquired, have been described. 



Eleven hundred and eighty electrotypes have been made, of original leaden buUce 

 preserved in the Department, and have been examined and verified. 



7. Facsimiles. — The First Volume of the OM Testament of the Codex Alexandrinus has 

 been photographed, and the reproduction will be shortly published, 



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

 to the latest acquisitions. 



9. Arrangement of Papers, (Sj-c— Additional MSS. 31,134-31,142, 31,146-31,151, 

 31,158, 31,229-31,237, 31,244-31,298, have been arranged for binding. 



Binding. — Two hundred and thirty-eight Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one 

 hundred and eighty-four Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired. 



Three Papyri have been glazed. 



Nineteen registers and catalogues, and seventy printed books of reference, have been 

 bound or repaired. 



Verijlcution. — The several collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the shelf- 

 lists. 



Transcription. — The Catalogues of the following collections have been copied in four- 

 fold :— Cotton Charters, XIV. 1— XXV. 30: Harley Rolls, A. 1—G. 10; Sloane Char- 

 ters, XXXI. 1— XXXIII. 87 6; Wolley Charters, I. 1— XII. 144; Campbell Charters 

 I. 1— XII. 5 ; Additional Charters, 26,025-26,516 ; and Egerton Charters, 1.— 485. 



Miscellaneous. — Four hundred and twenty-eight Manuscripts, lately acquired, have 

 been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists. 



Five hundred and nineteen Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered. 



The Register of Binding has been entered up for the year. 



The Laing collection of Seals has been labelled. 



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