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 THE AKCHAEOLOGICAL IXSTITUTK. 289 f;il)rication, which he presented to the Institute. It is peculiar in having the Literal apertures formed by triangular perforations, two on each side of the tile, an angle of one triangle touching an angle of the other. These perforations are occasionally circular, or oval ; and sometimes two arc formed on each side, which seems best suited for the diffusion of heat. By Mr. Trollope. — Ecpresentation of an inscribed tablet, of the Roman period, recently found at Lincoln. Mr. Trollope has subsequently presented a cast of this interesting memorial to the Institute. An engraving of it will be given in a future Journal. By Mr. J. Wykeiiam Archer. — Rubbings from the remarkable Saxon head-stones at Weusley, Yorkshke, communicated by Mr. Trant, of Bedale. One of them, bearing the name UONFRID, and ornamented with a cross, and interlaced animals, is represented in Carter's " Painting and Sculpture," vol. ii., p, 144 ; also in Whitaker's History of Eichmondshire. ]Ii-. Trant observed, that, besides the noble sepulchral brass of an ecclesiastic (known by the engraving given by Whitaker, and the admirable plate in Waller's " Examples of Sepulchral Brasses"), there is to be seen in Wensley Church an incised slab, with figures of two young persons of the Scrope family, of Bolton Castle, date 1525, they stand upon brackets beneath decorated canopies. The fine woodwork from Easby Abbey deserves notice : it seems to have formed a screen commemorative of the Scropes, who were patrons of that house, as also of Weusley Chiu'ch ; and it bears inscriptions, coats of arms, &c. There is, also, at Wensley, a cross, closely resembling the crosses on the sepidchral stones first mentioned, and supposed to have been originally placed at the Saxon Chui"ch of Bedale. By Mr. Alexander Nesbitt. — Three casts from remarkable examples of early sculpture in Ireland, accompanied by the follow^ observations : — " These casts are from portions of a doorway now forming the south entrance to the church of Kilmore, county of Cavan, Ireland. Two of them are from capitals of shafts, the third is one of a series of panels, which ornament the soffit of the inner arch. This doorway appears, from its style and arrangement, to be of the latter part of the eleventh or earlier part of the twelfth century. It is said to have been brought from the remains of Trinity Abbey, which stood on an island in Lough Oughter. The existing church of Kilmore presents no other feature of any interest. " The style of ornament differs from anything of the same period in England with which I am acquainted, but it bears much resemblance to the remains of Saxon sculpture, and to the illuminations in early Saxon and Irish ]ISS. In fact, native Irish art appears to have remained for several cen- turies in a singularly unprogrcssive state, and the infiuence of the early school maybe observed in several instances down to a late period." By Mr. C. Faulkner. — A curious gold ring, discovered at Barton, Oxfordshire ; it is octagonal, each side being irregularly lozenge-shaped. (See woodcut.) The facets appear to have been formed by placing the sold wire, formed into a hoop, on a tool similar to what is termed a beak iron, and hammering the upper part till each side had obtained the desired shape. This is shown by the indentations made by the rough instrument, the sharp edges between each lozenge on the inner side, and the hammer marks seen