ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 13 



Depaetment of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue of Ancient MSS. — The first Part, describing MSS. and Papyri in Greek, 

 has been completed, passed through the press, and issued. 



2. Catalogve of Romances. — Articles in forty-six different Manuscripts have been 

 described, relative to miscellaneous Romances. 



Sheets 2 M to 2 T have been corrected and printed off. Sheets 2 U to 3 B have been 

 revised. 



3. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts. — The third volume has been completed and 

 published. The fourth volume, to include the Index, is in progress. 



4. Catalogue of Additions. — The Catalogue of Additions for 1876-1881 is passing 

 through the press. Sheets B to P have been printed off. The Index is nearly completed. 



The Additional MSS. 30,806-30,864, 30,868-30,990, acquired in 1878 ; 31,141-31,149 

 acquired in 1879; and 31,224-31,896, acquired in 1880 and 1881; and EgertonMSS. 

 2400-2600, acquired in 1876-1881, have been described, and the descriptions have been 

 revised. 



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

 progress; and has been carried as far as MS. 400. 



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

 and Lansdowne collections. 



6. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals. — -The Cotton Charters, XXVII. 10 — 

 XXX. 41 ; Harley Rolls, H. 15—1. 35, N. 33— R. 36, S. i— 37, Y, 27— DD. 5; and 

 Additional Charters, 26,065-26,067, 26,517-26,722, 26,724, 26,726-26,756, have been 

 described. 



The descriptions of Cotton Charters, XXV. 31— XXX. 41 ; Harley Rolls, G. 11— I. 

 30, L. 8— S. 20, W. 1— DD, 5 ; and of Additional Charters, 24,747-24,801, 24,828- 

 24,884, 26,517-26,721, have been revised. 



Additional Charters and Rolls, 26,583-27,004, have been arranged and numbered. 



The General Index of names and subjects to the several collections of Rolls and Charters 

 is being prepared for press. 



Four hundred and forty-four Seals, lately acquired, have been described. 



Eleven hundred and fifty-six electrotypes of leaden Bullae have been labelled and 

 arranged in table-cases. 



A series of Royal Seals of England and Scotland, of Courts and Offices, and of French 

 Sovereigns, has been labelled and arranged in table-cases. 



The Catalogue of Seals is in preparation for the press. 



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

 been completed and published ; the greater part of the second volume has been photo- 

 graphed. 



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

 to the latest acquisitions. 



9. Arrangement of Papers, ,?)-c.— Sloane MSS. 82, I79a, 203; Additional MSS. 30,789, 

 30,797,31,244-31,248, 31,254-31,298, 31,333, 31,355, 31,356, 31,362-31,380, 31,882- 

 31,885 ; and Egerton MSS. 2,570, 2,592-2,598, have been arranged for binding. 



Binding. — Six hundred and forty-five Manuscripts, recently acquired, and four hundred 

 and seventy Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired. 



Two Papyri have been glazed. 



Sixteen registers and catalogues, and one hundred and nine printed books of reference, 

 have been bound or repaired. 



Verification. — 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, XXV. 31— XXX. 41 ; Harley Rolls, G. 11— DD. 5 ; Additional 

 Charters, 26,517-26,724. 



Miscellaneous. — Three hundred and thirty-six Manuscripts, lately acquired, have been 

 placed and entered in tlie hand and shelf lists. 



Three hundred and fifty-seven Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered. 



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