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 250 NOTICES OF NEAV PUBLICATIONS. 20th of June last; these proceedmgs are interesting and are ilhistrated by numerous woodcuts in a similar manner to the Archaeological Intelligence in this Journal. The woodcuts are, — the tower of the church of Brannay, near Sens, it is of the thirteenth century with a gabled roof in four divisions, each face of the tower having its own small gable, this arrangement is com- paratively common in France, though rare in England. — A Roman pedestal with a fragment of an inscription of which the words " Signum Mercurii cum sede," are legible, it was found at St. Germain-la-Campagne, near Orbec. A Roman head found at Boulon. — A tomb in the church of Cerissiers, in the department of Yonne, a high tomb of the thirteenth century, ornamented Avith a trefoil-headed arcade, and the sides pierced with open panels, shew- ing through them the recumbent effigy of a female, it bears an inscription with the date 1226. — The chalice of the chmxh of St. Pierre-le-rond, at Sens, which has a very rich stem and foot. — Some curious tile-paving from the ruined abbey of Plessis Grimault, of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries ; in these the most prominent ornaments are the castle of Castile, and the fleur- de-lis of France, the whole of the patterns are very similar to those found in England. — A tomb formed of tiles which formerly rested in the church of Fontenay-sur-Orne, from a drawing preserved in the Gagnieres collection, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford ; it consisted of thirteen tiles, and represents a man in ring mail with a surcoat. — Six specimens of pavement of stone, with grotesque figures incised and filled with mastic, from churches in the department of Calais, of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, these are very similar to the pavement round the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket, at Can- terbury. — A pavement in squares divided diagonally into black and white, from a representation on a tomb at Le Mans, similar pavements may fre- quently be observed in the illuminations of manuscripts. — The tower and spire of the church of Rouvres, near Caen, a very elegant specimen of the thirteenth century, with an open parapet, angle pinnacles, and a pierced spire. — A Romanesque altar at St. Germer, with an arcade of good Norman character on the front. — The Romanesque altar of the church of Arenas, the front of which is richly ornamented with sculptures of Christ and the Apostles. — The chateaux of Balleroy and of Vaux. — Elevations of the barns of Ardennes, thirteenth century, and Perrieres, twelfth century, very curious and interesting, divided into nave and aisles ; the roofs continuous, including all three divisions. — Section of the keep of the castle of Villeneuve-le-Roi, of the fifteenth century ; several other engravings of military architecture are promised, from drawings already made for the purpose by Mr. Victor Petit. — Bell-cot of the ruined church of Villous in Calvados, corbelled out on the point of the gable in a similar manner to those to which Mr, Petit was the first to call attention, in the first volume of our Journal ; this is handsomely acknowledged by Mr. Bonet, who has given a translation of Mr. Petit's paper, with copies of his woodcuts of Harescombe and Corston ; — they are followed by the church of Conde, cruciform, with a cential tower, having a saddleback roof. — The chateau of Longprc, — and the church of Norrey. — Much credit is due to M. De Caumont for his industry and per-