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



Correspondence and papers of the Family of (iawdy, Baronets, of West Harling, 

 CO. Norfolk ; loO!)-17"il. Ten volumes. 



Correspondence and papers of the Family of Hale, of King's Walden, co. Herts; 

 1526-1814. Fifteen volumes. Together with a collection of 1,.500 charters and rolls, 

 datino- from the twelfth century, relating to King's Walden and other estates of the 

 family in cos. Bedford and Hertford. Among them is a deed, to which is appended, 

 by a broad label of parchment, a very fine, perfect and perhaps unique impression 

 of the Great Seal of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII. ; in red wax, 

 three and a half inches in diameter. 



Household Accompts of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague ; 15(38-1570. 



Note-book of Thomas Stringer, of Ivychurch, co. Wilts, chiefly on agricultural 

 matters; circ. 1G50-1680. With a sonnet, by another hand, against John Milton. 



Correspondence and papers of the Family of Bentham, chiefly of Jeremiah 

 Bentham and his two sons, Jeremy, the philosopher, and Sir Samuel, the naval 

 architect and engineer ; with numerous autograph notes, dissertations, etc., of Jeremy 

 Bentham ; 1744 1847. Twenty-eight volumes. 



Diaries of Joseph Hunter, F.R.s., Assistant Keeper of Public Records, supple- 

 menting the " Collectanea Hunteriana," already in the Museum ; 1810-1817, 1833, 

 1841-1800. Presenicd by H. J. Homier, Esq. 



Heraldic and other collections relating to Essex, by (Jharles K. Probert ; 1850-1883. 

 Eleven volumes. Bequeathed hy C. K. Froherf. 



Papers relating chiefly to co. Gloucester and the Family of Berkeley, chiefly 

 written or collected by John Smyth, authoi' of " Lives of the Berkeleys "; 17th and 

 18th centuries. Two volumes. 



Treasurers' accompts, muster-books, and other papers, of Sandwich, co. Kent ; 

 138:>-172n. 



Register of Chai'ters, etc., of Peterborough Abbey, compiled soon after 1253, in 

 La,tin ; known as the " White Book," from the coloui' of the doe-skin binding, as 

 distinguished from the " Black Book," now in the library of the Society of 

 Antiquaries. 



Collections relating to the City and See of York, J 41 1-1050 ; mostly written in a 

 single liand, down to 1047. 



Account by Vincenzo Favi of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1015, going by w^ay of 

 the Mediterranean and Egypt, and returning through Damascus and Aleppo ; with 

 dedication to the Duke of Savoy. Illustrated with numerous plans and sketches of 

 buildings, etc., by Giovanni Cales. 



"Police et Discipline Ecclesiastique " of the French Protestant Church in England, 

 as ordained at the Synod of 1641 ; with signatures of the ministers and elders of the 

 church in Threadneedle-street, London, from lOOfi to 1745. Vellum. 



Original depositions, I'eports, and othei- papers connected with an inquiry by the 

 Inquisition at Madrid, relative to the practice of animal-magnetism oi- mesmerism, 

 and the alleged cures effected by it ; 181.5-1818. Spanish. Pref^ented hy Edward 

 Houghton, Esq. 



Portolano, or Map of the Coasts of Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, with 

 names in Italian ; ornamented with coloured figures of potentates, flags with 

 armorial bearings, etc. Vellum. 15th century. 



Treatise on Music, by Ugolino di Orvieto, in Latin. Written at Pesaro in 1477 ; 

 with a curious reference in the colophon to the assassination of Galeazzo Sforza, 

 Duke of Milan. Belonged to Franchino Gafori, Prof essor of Music at Milan [d. 1522J. 



" Christus am Oelberge," an oratorio in full score, hy Ludwig van Beethoven, with 

 autograph corrections. Early 19th century. 



" II Talismano " and " Letty," autograph operas by Michael William Balfe, in full 

 score. 



Edimi-d Scott. 



])epahtment of Orikxtal Manuscripts. 



I. — Cataloguing and Arrangement. 



The Descriptive List of the Oriental MSS. acquired in 1888 has been ti'anseribed 

 foi- the use of readers. The same MSS. have l)een entered into the Oriental Register 

 and the Oriental Inventory. 



A Descriptive List of all the MSvS. acquired in 1889 has been compiled, and entries 

 have been made of the Arabic and Persian MSS. into the indexes of the respective 

 catalogues. 



One hundred and fifty-four MSS. have been de,s«ribed in detail for the Supplement 

 to the Arabic Catalogue. 



V\\\\ tlescriptions have been prepared of sixty-two MSS. for the Hebrew Catalogue. 



A Descriptive List of all the Hebrew MSS. in the Museum has been completed by 

 the addition of 778 MSS. and of the Hebrew Charters. 



The Hebrew Esther Rolls have been described in detail. 



A classified list of the Pali MSS. has been drawn up. 



Two hundred and thirty-one MSS. have been labelled, folio'd, and sent to the 

 binder. 



