{6 ACCOUNTS, &C., Ol' THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



5. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seals. — The revision of the General Index of 

 names and subjects to the several collections of Charters and Rolls has been continued. 



Additional Charters and EoUs 28,313-28,656, and Egerton Charter 584, acquired 

 in 1886, have been arranged and numbered. 



The first volume of the Catalogue of Seals has been printed. Sheets 2 F — 3 I have 

 been revised and sent to press. 



Tlie preparation of the fair copy for the Second Volume is in a forward condition. 



Thirty-one detached seals, and 310 casts of seals, chiefly selected for incorporation 

 into the Seal Catalogue, have been arranged and described and registered, and the 

 descriptions have been distributed throughout the Catalogue. 



6. Exhihitions. — A fresh selection of autographs and historical documents, and a series 

 of MSS. illustrating the progress of handwriting and the art of Illumination, have been 

 arranged in the public saloon of the Department and in the King's Library. A guide- 

 book has been written and published. 



A selection of manuscripts illustrating the Domesday Survey has been exhibited. 



7. Arrangement of Papers. — The large collection of correspondence and papers of the 

 Duke of Newcastle and family of Pelham, etc., has been arranged in 463 volumes. 



8. Binding. — Two hundred and forty-seven Manuscripts, recently acquired, and one 

 hundred and ninety-two Manuscripts of the old collections, have been bound or repaired. 

 Fifty-five Manuscripts of the Stowe Collection have been bound. 



Sixty-seven Papyri have been glazed. 



One Charter has been repaired. 



Twenty-five registers and catalogues, and eighty- one books of reference, have been 

 bound or repaired. 



9. Verificdtion. — The several collections have been verified by the shelf lists. 



10. Miscellaneous.— Seven hundred and ninety Manuscripts, lately acquired, have 

 been placed and entered in the hand and shelf lists. 



Four hundred and sixteen Charters and Rolls, and two hundred and seventy-four Seals, 

 have been numbered and placed. 



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



Seven hundred and fifty- eight Manuscripts, Charters, Rolls, and Printed Books, have 

 been stamped, with a total of 8,097 impressions. 



Five hundred and fifteen Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 22,459, and of those 

 consulted in the Department, 10,146. 



The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to readers is 3,383. 



The number of Students working in the Department during the year is 4,228. 



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



General Collection of Manuscripts - _ - - 535 

 Egerton Manuscripts- _ - _ - - - 22 

 Rolls and Charters ------- 344 



Detached Seals and Casts - - - - - -341 



Among them are : — 



Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. Paper. End of the 14th century. 



Another copy of the same work. Paper. 15th century. 



The Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles, in Greek. Vellum. 1 4th century. 



The Ecclesiastical Histories of Sozomen and Evagrius, in Greek; written for G. M. 

 Giberti, Bishop of Verona, by Michael Damascenus, the Cretan, a.d. 1524. Paper. 



C. Claudiani Carmina. Vellum. 12th century. 



The Psalter, &c., in Latin. Written probably in Denmark early in the 13th century ; 

 with illuminated initials and borders, and miniatures representing scenes from the life of 

 Christ. From entries in the calendar it appears that the MS. belonged to Jacobus, son 

 of Suno, who was brother and father of two bishops of Roeskilde, and himself became a 

 monk of Hamburg, and died in 1246. Vellum. 



Hours of the Virgin, in Latin. Written in Spain ; with illuminated initials and borders, 

 and six full-page miniatures of good execution. Vellum. 15th century. 



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