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 412 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF ascertained. Mr. Maclean sent also a drawing of another fine fibula of the cruciform type, found at Scarby. This kind of fibula appears to be of most common occiuTcnce in the north-eastern parts of the kingdom; it has, however, been found in Kent and other counties : Douglas gives several varieties of this type, in the Nenia. (See Nenia, Plates 6, and 15.) It is proposed to give representations of these ornaments from Scarby in a future Journal. By Mr. K. J. Spiers. — A remarkable relic of early work in bronze, chased in alto relievo, probably the cover of a pyx for the reservation of the host. It represents the Savioui' enthroned on the rainbow, the right hand upraised in benediction, the left resting on a book. Around the edge is inscribed, — ^ INTVS QVOD LATET CVNCTO NOS CEIMINE LAXET. This highly curious example of early Christian art, the character of which bears much analogy to that of the Byzantine School, was found on the site of the Preceptory of Knights Templars, at Sandford, near Oxford. It has been assigned to as early a date as the eleventh century. The present possessor, Mr. Spiers, has very kindly presented to the Institute the accompanying woodcut of this unique object, of the size of the original. By the Eev. Charles St. Barbe Sydenham. — A fine MS. of the early part of the fifteenth century, entitled " Statuta et Brevia Antiqua," com- mencing with an " Inspeximus " of Magna Charta, by Edward I., in the 28th year of his reign. At the commencement of this interesting volume is written, — Liber Joh'is Wliyte, — and at the end, — Iste liber constat Thome Bathe, reu'sioe ad Thoraam Blerneye inde spectante. By Mr. Poynter. — Series of impressions from the following seals of the Port and Corporation of Dover. Silver seal of the Chancery and Admiralty Courts, of good workmanship. It represents a man-of-war under sail, with flags all charged with the cross of St. George, and a pendant at the fore-top mast-head, passing a castle on a liill, with a union flag displayed,* [iiscription,— MAG. SIGIL. CASTE. DOVER. & CVEIARVM CANCELL. ET. ADMIE. QVINQ. POET. Seal of the Corporation, at present used, made in 1646. It is of silver, oval, and bears the Arms of the Port, and the inscription, — DOVOE dAEBOUE. ANO. DOM. 1646.^ Tlie Corporation seal, of which a minute description is given by Mi'. Boys, in his History of Sandwich; it is a large round seal of brass, made in 1305. On one side appears a ship, with bowsprit and mast, a three-tailed pennon, the sail furled, forecastle, poop, and round top, all embattled: on the forecastle are two men blowing trumpets, the steersman at the helm, the flag at the stern charged with the arms of the Port.— SIGILLVM COMMUNE BAEONUM DE DOVOEIA. On the reverse, is St. Martin, on horseback, passing through the gates of Amiens, and dividing his cloak to clothe a beggar. The whole within an orle of lions passant-guardant, in separate compartments, respecting one another. Diameter, 3 in. and one-eighth. The old Mayoralty seal, of silver, represents the same legend of St. Martin, ^ See Hasted 's Hist, of Kent, vol. iv., p. 80. ■'' Ibid., p. «4.