1 6 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH M^DSEUM. 



The labelling of the Doubleday Collection of Casts of Seals has been completed, and a 

 hand-list made. 



Six hundred and nineteen Manuscripts, Rolls, Charters, and Printed Books have been 

 stamped with a total of 4,974 impressions. 



Two hundred and eight Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 25,517 : and of those 

 consulted in the Depax'tment, 6,895. 



The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 664. 



The number of special visitors to the Department during the year is 2,343. 



The numbers of Manuscripts and Documents acquired during the year are — 



General Collection of Manuscripts - - - - 113 



Egerton Manuscripts - _ - _ _ _ _ jo 



Rolls and Charters - - - - - - - 179 



Detached Seals --------43 



Among them are the following : — 



Menaeum, or Services for Saints' Days, for the month of February, in Greek, 

 A.D. 1431. Palimpsest, containing leaves from a copy of the Gospels in uncial letters 

 of the 9th century. Vellum. From the Sunderland Library. 



Two Evangelistaria, or Lessons from the Gospels, in Greek. Vellum. 11th and 

 12th centuries. From the Sunderland Library. 



A valuable Text of the Gospels, in Greek ; with paintings of the Evangelists. 

 Vellum. 12th century. 



Breviary, in Latin, of German use, from Cologne ; with well-executed miniature- 

 initials and borders. Vellum. Early 14th century. 



Verses on the Instruments of the Passion, in English. Vellum roll. 15th century. 

 Presented by Edward Gilbertson, Esq. 



Croat Breviary, in Glagolitic characters. Vellum ; 16th century. 



Gospel-Lessons, Prayers, and Meditations, in Sclavonic. Paper; 17th century. 



Commentary, in Latin, on the " Inferno " of Dante, written at the beginning of the 

 14th century by Guido Pisano. Only one other MS. of this commentary is known. 

 Paper; 15th century. From the Sunderland Library. 



A translation of the " Gierusalemme Liberata" of Tasso into Polish verse, by 

 Dyonizy Corwin-Piotrowski ; 19th century. Presented by Mrs. J. Corwin- 

 Piotroiosha. 



Critical notes on the works of Beaumont and Fletcher, by Benjamin Heath, P.C.L.; 

 circ. 1755. Presented by Baron Robert Amadeo Heath, Italian Consul General. 



Note-books of the late Robert William Eyton, Rector of Ryton, co. Salop, con- 

 taining the results of his studies on the Domesday Survey and other early records. 

 Twenty-four volumes. 



A volume of miscellaneous historical letters and papers; 1494-1696. 



A volume containing one hundred and twelve songs, ballads, and' instrumental 

 pieces, composed early in the reign of Henry VIII. Eighteen of the songs and 

 ballads and fifteen of the instrumental pieces are ascribed to the king by name, and 

 some of the anonymous pieces are also probably of his composition. Vellum; middle 

 of the 16th century. 



Household-book of Henry VIII. , containing the names and wages of officers and 

 servants of the Royal household ; 1525-1526. Paper. 



Account of expenses of the Revels at Richmond and Greenwich; 1527. Paper. 



Transcript of the despatches of Sir Ralph Sadler, Ambassador to Scotland ; 1539- 

 1540 and 1543. Paper; ceVc. 1700. From the Sunderland Library. 



Transcripts of State Papers relating to the reigns of James I. and Charles I. 

 Four volumes. Presented by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Esq. 



Register of title-deeds of Anthony Browne, first Viscount Montagu, k.g., ob. 1592. 

 Vellum. 



Evidence-book of William Burton of Falde, CO. Stafford; 1615. Paper. 



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