ACCOUNTS, &.C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I5 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. Catalogue oj JRomaiices. — The preparation of the second volume has been continued. 

 Tales contained in thirty-seven MSS. have been described. Descriptions of thirty-one 

 MSS. have been copied. 



2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuscripts. — The fourth volume, which will include the 

 Index, is still in progress. 



3. Catalogue of Irish 3Ianuscripts. — Of the Catalogue prepared by Mr. S. H. O'Grady 

 Sheets B. — E. have been sent to the printers and revised. 



4. Catalogue of Music. — A Catalogue of Manuscript Music, and of Illustrations of 

 Musical Instruments, contained in the general collections, has been commenced, and 

 upwards of one thousand MSS. have been examined. 



5. Catalogue of Additions. — Sheets Q. — A A. of the printed Catalogue of Additions for 

 the years 1882-1887 have been passed through the press. The Additional MSS. 

 33,345— 33,367, and Egerton MSS. 2,680-2,695, acquired in the year 1888, have been 

 described. 



The acquisitions of the year have been entered in the registers. 



6. Indexes. — The slips of the Index to English Poetry in the various collections, and of 

 the Index to English Theological Treatises down to the end of the sixteenth century, 

 being now completed, are about to be laid down on cartridge j)aper. 



The Index to the Newcastle and Pelham Papers and Correspondence has been 

 finished. 



The Index to the Catalogue of Additions for the years 1882-1887 is about to be sent 

 to press. 



7. Catalogues of Charters, Rolls, and Seals. — The revision of the Greneral Index of 

 names and subjects to the several collections of Charters and Rolls is complete, with the 

 exception of the French Charters in the Additional Collections. The Index of the Anglo- 

 Saxon Charters has been revised. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 27,005-28,415, acquired in 1882-1886, and Egerton 

 Charters 486-585, acquired in 1884-1888, have been described; and the descriptions of 

 Egerton Charters 517-585 have been revised. 



Additional Charters and Rolls 32,900-33,046, acquired in 1888, have been arranged and 

 numbered. 



The preparation of the fair copy for the second volume of the Catalogue of Seals has 

 been continued ; and Sheets N. — U. have been passed through the press. 



Three hundred and ninety-two seals and casts of seals have been arranged and registered, 

 and references or descriptions have been in most cases distributed through the Catalogue. 



8. Arrangement of Papers.— Additional MSS. 33,137-33,140, 33,227, 33,231, 33,233, 

 33,271-33,273, 33,338, 33,346, 33,347, 33,386-33,391,33,394-33,408, 33,410, and Egerton 

 MSS. 2,680-2,703 have been arranged. 



9. Exhibitions. — Selections of MSS. relating to Alexander Pope, and of MSS. and 

 Seals relating to the Stuart Family have been exhibited in the King's Library. 



The Specimens of Bindings of MSS., exhibited in the King's Library, have been 

 described. 



10. Binding. — Three hundred and seventy-nine Manuscripts recently acquired, and 

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



Twenty Papyri have been glazed. 



Twelve Charters and fourteen Seals have been repaired. Eleven hundred and fifty 

 leaden Bullae have been varnished. 



Seven Catalogues and Registers and seventy-four books of reference have been 

 bound or repaired. 



] 1. Verification.— 1h.& several collections have been verified by the shelf-lists. 



12. Miscellaneous.— Three hundred and eight Manuscripts have been placed and 

 entered in the hand and shelf lists. 



Four thousand and seventy-five Charters and RoUs, and three hundred and ninety- 

 two Seals have been numbered and placed. 



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



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