3 5 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Two thousand, nine hundred and sixty-eight Manuscripts, Charters, Rolls, and Printed 

 Books have been stamped with a total of 19,722 impressions. 



Four hundred and forty-two Manuscripts have been folio'd. 



The number of Manuscripts delivered in the Reading Room is 4,197 ; and of those 

 consulted in the Department 25,811. 



The number of Charters, Rolls, and Seals delivered to Readers is 1,595. 



The number of Students woi-king in the Department during the year is 8,873. 



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



General collection of Manuscripts - - - - 160. 



Egerton Manuscripts - - - - - -31. 



Papyri --.------7. 



Rolls and Charters ------- 2,036. 



Detached Seals and Casts ------ 392. 



Among them are : — 



A papyrus containing portions of Homer's Iliad, viz., bk. ii.,1]. 101-493; bk. iii. complete; 

 bk.iv., II. 1-40 ; written in small uncial characters of the 3rd or 4th century. The leaves 

 were orio-inally arranged in quires in the form of a book. On the back of the last three 

 are portions of a Greek Grammar, ascribed to 'JVyphon the Grammarian, and the oldest 

 work of the kind yet discovered. 



A papyrus roll, 7 feet 9 inches by 1 foot 1 inch, mutilated at the beginning, inscribed 

 with various magical formulae In Greek, including invocations by the use of detached 

 lines of the Iliad and Odyssey arranged in groups of six, astronomical charms, invocations 

 by means of lamps, methods of procuring dreams, &c. ; written in uncial characters of 

 the 3rd or 4th century. 



Four smaller papyri of the same class, containing invocations to Hermes and to the 

 Sun, with directions for charms, incantations, &o., in Greek : written in uncial and semi- 

 cursive characters of the 3rd or 4th century, 



A waxen-book, 7 by 4^ inches, consisting of six wooden tablets coated with wax, 

 and two covers waxed on the inner side ; inscribed by the stilus with grammatical 

 exercises, &c., in Greek, together with a rude drawing jjcrhaps meant to represent a 

 schoolmaster. 



Portions of seven wooden tablets, 8^ by 5 inches (a strip from one side being lost in 

 all cases), originally forming a book or books ; coated with a drab paint and inscril ed in 

 ink with business contracts and other documents in Greek, connected with one Aurelius 

 of Panopolis, in the Thebaid. 



Index of references to texts of the New Testament in the Greek and Latin Fathers, 

 by John William Burgon, late Dean of Chichester ; 19th century. Sixteen large volumes. 



Canons of Church Councils, and tracts on Church discipline, in Greek. Vellum. 

 13th century. 



Book of Hours of the Virgin, &c., in Latin ; with prayers inserted for the soul of 

 Beatrice {oh. 1272), daughter of Henry III., and wife of Joim, Duke of Brittany. 

 Vellum. 13th century. 



Passlonale Novum de Sanctis: Lives of Saints, &c., written at Pare, near Louvain, 

 in 1339-1340. Vellum. 



A Pontifical in Latin, with consecration services, forms of benediction, special masses, 

 &c ; written in Italy. Vellum. Late 14th century. 



Miscellaneous services, prayers, &c.. In Latin, connected with the Cathedral Prloiy of 

 Ely. Vellum. 15th centuiy. 



" Le Canarien " : a History of the Con(|uest of the Canaries by Gadifer de la Sale and 

 Jean de Bethencourt in 1402-1404 ; comj^iled by Pierre Boutier and Jean le Verrier, 

 their chaplains. In French. Vellum. 15th century ; with miniature and illuminated 

 initials. 



Record, in Latin, of the proceedings at the conclave resulting in the election of Pope 

 Julius III. ; 1549-1550. 



G enealogical and historical Roll of the Kings of England, from A.dam to Queen Eliza- 

 beth. Vellum. 16th century. Presented by Alex. Druce, Esq. 



Official return, in Latin, giving details of the receipts and payments cf the Exchequer 

 for the year ending at Michaelmas, 1532. Vellum. 



" Pelegnne": a tract in defence of Henry VIII., by William Thomas; written at 

 Bologna, In 1546-7. 



Letter of Pedro Serrano, servant of the Spanish Ambassador in England, on the 

 execution of Edmund Campion and other Jesuits ; 1581. 



Index register of Warrants, tempp. Jas. I. and Chas. I. ; including a payment made to 

 William Shakespeare. 



Diary of proceedings in Parliament, kept by John Millward, M.p.for co. Derby ; 1666- 

 1668. 



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