Page:Archaeological Journal, Volume 29.djvu/328

 271 TROCEEDINGS AT MRETINGS OF for the communication tVom Sir Juim Lul)bock, expressed liis high ailmi- mtion of the |>nblio s[)irit which had jirompted liiin thus to secure t(» the nation so interest intra iii>>nunient of antiquity. 'Siiliquitiri aiiil tiiaihs uf 'Hrt tr^ljtbitcO. By special permission of His Grace the AKCiinisnor of CAXTERisunv. — The Mazarin Testament, from the library at Lambeth Palace. By Sir W. Titk, C.B., M.P.— Wycliffe's New Testament, MS. fifteenth centuiy ; (-'oveitlale's liible, 1.");?."); Tyndale's vei-sion of the New Testa- ment, K").']0 ; f'overdale's New Testament. Paris, I.k'58 ; "The Byble in Kn«rlyshe," j)rinted by Kdward AViiytchurche, London, loo'^. By Mr John Hknukrson, F.S.A. (Hon. Treasurer). — A metal casket of Pei-siau work, damascened with gold and silver. The seated figures have been covered with gold. Date, ti»e latter part of the thirteentii century. — A metal box »>f Persian work and lumsual form, witii guhl and silver damascening. Probable date, the middle of the fourteenth century. By Mr. A. G. 'Gkooiieo.vn. — A bronze spear-head ; a Koman fibula ; a boss, or pei-sonal ornament, found at Bishop's Castle, Orkney. The fibula reseml)les in general fashion a harp-shai)ed enamelled fibula in the . museum of the Society of Anti<]uaries of Newcastle, ■vhicii is figured by Mr. W. 1>. Scott in his " Antii|uarian Gleanings in the North of England,'' pi. xxxviii. That beautiful object was found at Pisingham, Northum- l)erland. Length, alxmt 3:} in. It is also figured, more correctly, in Dr. Urucc's " Poman Wall, " third edition, j). i'.M. The boss is of silver, ornamentetl with tiic lose and tiiistle in high relief; it was jjrobably an ornament for a leathern In-lt or shield, as it is without any appearance of liaving been u.sed as a clasp or l»U(klc. It was found in the ruins of the " Bishoj/s Castle," under a heaji of stones, at Kirkwall, Orkney. By Mr. AmiUKW ColinF/r. — Ten Norwegian coins (probably of the twelfth century), eight of which only were jicrfect. These examples of the early Scandinavian coinage, though comparatively uncommon, are well known to numismatists, and special treatises have been published regar<ling them. They are small, thin, fragile disks of silver, jirobabl}' of ijase metal, and bear rude ornaments, or initials, sui)i)oscd to indicate the Kpihcoj)al See, or other local division in which they were struck. The device is on one side only, the coin having been jirotluced by a jiinich ; and no reverse is found. The exaiujtles now lirought bcfoie tiie Institute were found under the floor of a liiurch in " Haven's Stift " in Norway. By .Mr. . I. A. Si-mivkm. I'.wi.v.— I'nttcry f-mid near the site <'f the I'onian ferry at West 'J'ill»ury, Kssex. It cMisiKfs of a large cinerary nni, of fnie liglit-coloured unglazed Jiiaterial, 17J, in. in height, and about fiH much in its greatest diameter, of a globular form, tapering towards the neck and base, the l>ase b in. in diameter, the neck broken ofi', but with mark of place of haiicUo (/) near the top ; — an urn of liright l)lack ware of the I'pchurch type, I J in. high, .'U in. at the (op, liroken at. the top, the Hides M<.-ore<l with lines in conipartnients, in reversed order, giving the appearance *if chevrons ; two j)aterie of Sumian ware, jilain, <ine slightly broken, with potter's names on the liase ; one sniall j)erfect semi- cylindrical pot or vase, plain ; two fragments of n huge va.se of Sauiian, richly omaniented ; — three Hmall pieces of coarse pottery, scored or jiimcturcd, resembling th.it known as Caulish. See vol. xxvi.,]i. I'.'fi. f,,|-