ACCOUNTS, dfeC, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I5 



Department op Manuscripts. 



1. Class Catalogue. — The printed descriptions of MSS. acquired in the years 1854 to 

 1881 have been cut up into slips and arranged, and their incorporation into the several 

 volumes of the Catalogues is in progress. 



2. Catalogue of Ancient M.^'^. — The second Part, describing MSS. in Latin, is being 

 finally revised for press. 



3. Catalogue of Romances. — Articles in forty-seven different Manuscripts have been 

 described, relative to miscellaneous Romances. 



Sheets 2 U to 3 M have been corrected and printed off, nearly completing the first 

 ■volume. 



4. Catalogue of Spanish MSS. — The fourth volume, which will include the Index, is 

 in progress. 



5. Catalogue of Additions. — The Catalogue of Additions for 1876-1881 has been com- 

 pleted, jjassed through the press, and issued. 



The Additional MSS,, 31,898-31,969, acquired in 1882, have been described. 



6. 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. 470. 



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

 collection. 



An Index to the Anonymous English Poems in the various collections is being pre- 

 pared. 



7. Catalogue of Rolls, Charters, and Seals. — The Additional Charters, 26,725, 26,757, 

 26,758, 26,813-26,911, 26,988, 27,014, 27,016-27,071, 27,079-27,183, have been de- 

 scribed. 



The descriptions of Additional Charters, 26,726-27,003, have been revised. 



Additional Charters and Rolls, 27,00^5-27,183, have been arranged and numbered. 



The revision of the General Index of names and subjects to the several collections ol 

 Jlolls and Charters has been continued. 



Three hundred and forty-eight Seals, la.tely acquired, have been described. 



Four thousand five hundred and eighty-one casts of Seals, in the Department of British 

 and Mediaeval Antiquities, have been examined and compared with the various collections 

 in this department; 2,979 of them have been selected for incorporation into the Seal 

 Catalogue, and 252 have been described. 



The Catalogue of Seals will shortly be in the press. 



8. Facsimiles. — The Second Volume of the Old Testament of the Codex Alexandrinus 

 has been completed and will forthwith be issued ; part of the third volume has been 

 photographed, 



9. Registration. — The Registers of the Additional and Egertqn MSS., and of the 

 Charters, Rolls, and Seals, have been continued to the latest acquisitions. 



10. Arrangement of Papers, Sfc. — Lansdowne MSS. 751-755 have been rearranged. 



11. Rinding. — Two hundred and thirty-seven Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one 

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



Nineteen Papyri have been glazed. ♦ 



Five Charters and Seals have been repaired. 



Twenty-seven registers and catalogues, and one hundred and ten printed books of 

 reference, have been bound or repaired. 



12. Verification. — The several collections of Manuscripts have been verified by the 

 shelf-lists. 



13. Miscellaneous.— Two hundred and fifty-seven Manuscripts, lately acquired, have 

 been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists. 



Four hundred and ninety-one Charters, Rolls, and Seals have been numbered. 



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



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