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cast of this cross, wliieli has ;iii aililitinnal value as being a dated example, will be placed in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. Mr. Westwood expressed his opinion of the very great value of these sculptured monuments as the only existing materials of their class for the History of early art. Mr. O'NelU would render good service to the archaeologist by collecting and publishing accurate representations of the Irish crosses, and Mr. Westwood could not urge too strongly the necessity of the most conscientious fidelity in reproducing the details of sculpture, which, in their present weather-worn condition, fre([uently demand the closest attention and study in order to comprehend the character and motives of their ornamentation. Mr. CiiANTur.LL remarked that many early sculptures exist in the northern counties, not loss deserving of attention than those in Ireland. He had in his possession some valuable fragments of a sculptured cross discovered in Yorkshire, which he had brought before the Institute at their Meeting in York- Mr. Nesbitt gave the following description of several fine Sepulchral Brasses in Saxony, Prussia, and Poland, hitherto wholly unknown in England, of which he exhibited rubbings. In the Cathedral of Erfurt there exists a brass commemorating Juhan von Ileringen, a canon of that church. The upper part of the figure is engraved upon a plate of brass measuring 2 ft. 4i by I ft. II, while the lower is sculptured in low relief in the slab of stone into which the brass is inserted. A sort of canopy is formed over the head by the inter- lacing of branchwork, an arrangement very frequent in late German architecture. A curtain hanging from a rod fills up the background. The head of the efligy is covered by a cap, and the shoulders by the furred cape or aumuse usually worn by canons ; a chalice is held in both hands. The stone portion of the figure is extremely worn ; but it would seem that the vestments represented arc those composing the usual sacra- mental dress. The effigy is surrounded by broad fillets of brass bearing the following inscription in a very buld black letter : — " Anno dni .M.ccccc. quTto die XXVIII. mensis septebris decessit Vefiabilis et Egregius vir .](jhannes do heringen In decrets liccnciatus luij ecclie Cator et canonieus Cuius aia requiescat In pace Amen." At the angles of the inscri[ition arc escutcheons l)caring the following arms : — 1. A lion rampant contournc, or counter-rampant. 2. Two sceptres, with fleur-de-lis heads in saltire. .'5. A bend sinister countcr-compony. 4. Per pale, three charges, resembling hoc-irons, with rounded edges, two and one. Two other brasses from which the rubbings exhibited hy Mr. Nesbitt were made arc in the choir of the Cathedral of Breslau, where they lie near the high altar. The earlier of the two commemorates Peter the .hccoihI llishop nf lireslau of that name, called of Nowagk from the place of his birth, a village in Silesia, n«)t far froni NeiHsc. II in origin was humble, but having (•ntered the Church, ho gradually rose inilil be brcamc Pra-positus, or (Provost) Dean of the Cathedral of P.rcslau. On the vacancy of that 8C0 in 1447, ho was elected biMho() by tho unanimous vote of the canons, and their choice was approved of and confirmed by the Metropolitan Vincentius, Archbihliop of (InnHrii. The new Hislioi) is Haid to have owed his election