ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I7 



Reports of Law-cases, temjjp. Hen III. — Edw. II. ; in Latin and French. Vellum. 

 14th centur)'. 



Cases in the Ecclesiastical Court of the Province of Canterbury, in Latin. Paper. 

 Late 14th century. 



Deeds relating to the Abbey of Burton-on-Trent, co. Stafford, with seals. 12th — 14th 

 centuries. Presented by Morris Richardson, Esq. 



Chartulary of the Hospital of St. James without the walls of Canterbury, otherwise 

 Thanington Hospital, co. Kent; a.d. 1474. Latin. Vellum. 



Chartulary of the Abbey of Cockersand, co. Lane. ; a transcript made in 166L Latin. 

 Paper. 



Transcripts of evidences and pedigrees of Lancashire families, chiefly made by Chris- 

 topher Towneley in the middle of the 17th centuiy. In fifteen volumes. Paper. 



Visitation of co. Westmoreland, by William Dugdale, Norroy ; a d. 1664. Paper. 



" The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire," by John Bridges ; the printed 

 edition of 1791, illustrated with numerous sketches and engravings and additions in MS. 

 by Thomas and William Dash, of Kettering. In five volumes. Ijequeuthed by William 

 Dash, Esq. 



Diary of Lady Hoby, wife of Sir Thomas Posthumus Hoby, kt. ; 1599-1605. 

 Paper. 



Original letters addressed to John Hanson, solicitor, relating chiefly to the management 

 of Lord Byron's estate at Newstead, co. Notts., and including many letters from Lord 

 Byron and his mother, Catherine Gordon Byron, in 1806-1816. In three volumes. 

 Paper. 



Musical compositions of Thomas Miles. In eleven volumes. Presented by Arthur 

 Miles, Esq. 



Several collections of operatic and other musical compositions of English, German, and 

 Italian authors; 17th — 19th centuries. 



E. Maunde ThompsDii. 



Department of Oriental Manuscripts. 



I. — Arrangement and Cataloguing. 



The descriptive list of the Oriental MSS. acquired during the year 1882 has been 

 carried on from Or. 2,497 to the last number, viz., Or. 2,631, and the entire list has been 

 transcribed for the use of readers. The Oriental MSS. acquired in the same year have 

 been entered into the Oriental Register and the Oriental Inventory. 



A similar list of the MSS. acquired in 1883, has been compiled, and includes all but a 

 few of the latest acquisitions. 



Fourteen and a-half sheets (signed 2 R — 3 Q, b.-d.) of the Persian Catalogue have 

 been corrected through the press. A numerical Index and a preface have been compiled, 

 and the third and last volume of the same Catalogue has been published. 



The Turkish MSS. have been classed by subjects, and detailed descriptions of two 

 hundred and four MSS. have been prepared. 



A recently acquired collection of Caraite MSS., Or. 2,459-2,602, has been arranged, 

 follo'd, and labelled. 



The descriptive list of Oriental MSS. included In the Additional Series has been 

 carried on from Add. 10,548 to 12,345. 



Lately acquired Hebrew and Pali MSS. have been added respectively to the Hebrew 

 Index and to the Pali Catalogue. 



A Catalogue of Biblical MSS. in the Hebrew Collection has been compiled. 



Ninety-seven MSS. have been bound. 



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