Page:Archaeological Journal, Volume 29.djvu/348

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•2^1 PROCEEDIXOS AT MEETINGS OF By the Rev, Grevh.i.l J. Che.'^tki;. — Aiaiout Christi;iu vestments found ith a skeleton in a nule coHiu of sycamore wood in the mounds of Atreeb, Lower Kgyi't. In several [ilaocs the timnv of a castle worked in Mue thread upon a separ.ite jiiece of cloth, was attached to the upper ]>ortion of the garment. By Mr. Iikauv. — A niiscellaneuiis collection of objects chiefly acquired in Burgundy ; — Nine spui*s of various periods, including a fine pair, gildeil, with large rowels ; n vei-y fine single si)ur of gilded brass ; this re- markable collection is of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, mostly in good condition, and exemplifying many interesting varieties of fashion ; — A lai-ge collection of spoons, chietly late mediieval ; ten spoons of earlier character, of bronze, including some probably Jloman, and curious; — A bronze fork ; — Eleven knife-handles of brass, mediicval ; — Three clasp- knifes of brass ; — A steel (for striking a liglit ?) of steel iuhiid with gold ; — Two bodkins or hair-pins, one of them silvered ;■ — A chape of a scabbard, of bra.ss, with fine foliage-heads, itc, chased in relief, a tasteful jiiece of Work, sixteenth century (?); — Twocrimpedribandsof brass gilt, of uncertain use, they may have been attached to some object of altar decoration or the like (?) ; — Three little lions sejant, of brass, such as might form the base of a jjcdestal (?) ; — A brass spout, in form of un animal, of rude workmanship ; — Two very rude animals couchaut, a very rude bronze animal (a ram /), the back pierced, probably the foot of a i)riket candle- stick, such as sometimes have been considered Roman ; — Another very rude form of a horse (?); — Suiall figure of Cupid, probably Cinrpie cento work, it may have held a nozzle for a candle, or sonae ornament in the hand, affixed to an ebonized pedestal ; — A silver clasp ; — A button of perforated work ; — Two pendant ornaments, gilt metal, one of them beinga cross, the other an eagle displayed, good work, l.'Uh century (?); — Fragment of a Cofra LimovlceiLsif, an cnamcUeil ritlged shrine of Limoges work, 12th — l3th century, (jue of the ends of the shrine — it represents an evangelist or aj)Ostle — a good fragment ; — Six discs of Limoges enamelled work, oval, or ])ointcd oval, })ortions that have been affixed to shrines or the like, li'th — 13th century work ; — Part of the enamelled coating of a stafi" of a crosier or processional cross, gilt metal chased for enamel ; — Eleven shrine demi-figures, probably of Limoges work, li'th — 13th cent, mostly very rude re])resentations of saints or apostles ; — Eleven j)ortions (jf enamelled copper plate, 12th — 13th cent., fragments of the ca.'sing of slu'incs, crucifixes or tlie like ; — Hexagonal foot of jiriket candlestick, a good enumel, ll'th century, jirobably Limoges work; — Ditto of circular form, 13th cent. (?); — Plate of nnamellc<l gilt metal, a crucifix, the figure engraved, on the reverse tlio divine hand in l)enedictioii, within a cruciferous nimb, foliaged decora- tion, the jtlate fitchy at foot, 13tii cent. ; — Twelve crucifix figures, some have enamelled j)ortions, eyes of enamel, some of good early design, apron reaching U> tiie knees ; simple 13th century crowns. All have the heads bowed on the right shoulder; all have the legs aflixeil separately (not crossed) ; nil are bearded; two have u toi-sc round the brows; ti cnriotiH sericH of crucifix figures, probably French work ; — A cruci- form plate, Limoges work, l2tli century, the crucifix attached by rivet.s, n goi^d fnigment ; — Crucifix of brass, drapery reaching to the knees, a remarkable crown fornied with small plain crosses instead of leaves as usual ; — Crucifix figure, long drapeiy to knees, enamelled blue, — all the