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By Mu. OcTAVius MoutiAN,M.P. — A circular plate of brass, representing the At/nus, with a cross-nimb around its head, and a circle thus inscribed : "AGNVS DEI yUI TOLLIS PECCATA MVXDI, MISEKEHE NOniS,"tlie last word bein;; in tbefifld. under the head of the lamb, and the letters not reversed. A bi)rder of fuliated ornament surrounds the wliole. Tins plate was probably used for bossing out ornamental metal work, such as the lid of a pyx, which beini; hammered up on this mould would present the xlt/nus in relief, with the letters of the legend in their proper direction. Diam. 2 in. Mr. Morgan received it from a watchmaker at Newport, Monmouthshire ; it had been in his possession upwards of thirty years ; its origin or place of discovery could not be traced. By Mr. C. De.suukol'GII Bedford. — Fragments of " Samian " and other pottery of various periods, including portions of a fine salver of Moorish ware with metallic lustre in the decorations, found under Haberdashers' Hall during excavations recently made ; also several pavement tiles of the XlVth century, one of them bearing a representation of a mounted knigbt. These reliques lay at a depth of about seventeen feet. A silver betrothal ring, parcel-gilt ; the hoop formed with hands conjoined, and inscribed, IHC' XAZAUEx'. Found in ploughing near the ruins at Sudbury. By Miss Julia M. Buckett.— A silver tetradrachm ; a medal relating to the victory by the King of Prussia, at Rosbach, in 1757, dug up at Hurst, near Reading ; and a pack of playing-cards, each card bearing an engraved subject connected with the hi.story of the Spanish Armada. The description of each is engraved underneath. The costume of the figures appears to assign these cards to tiie time of Charles II. They may possibly have been produced by Randal Taylor, a dealer near Stationers' Hall, who about 1G7!> put forth an advertisement of a pack of cards, price one shilling, forminc a history of all the Popish j)lots from those in (Jueen Elizabeth's time to that against diaries II., with the manner of Sir Ednnindbury Godfrey's murder. Mr. Chatto, the author of the most complete work " Oti the origin of Playing Cards," had not been able to discover a pack of these, of which he found the advertisement only in the Bagford Collections, British Museum.^ Mr. Chatto describes many fanciful packs of cards published about the close of the XVI Ith century, some of them being political or satirical, whilst others related to costume, mathematics, a.stroiiDrny, and even the art of carving at table. By Mil Lk Kelx. — A series of engravings representing the restored Cathedral of Trondlijem, or Drontheim, in Norway, assigned to the Xlth century. Tliat city was long the residence of the Norwegian kings, and their ancient throne nniy .still be seen in the jtalace, now an arsenal. The Cathedral was a remarkable structure, partly destroyed by fire in 1710 ; it has been partly rebuilt, and the choir is still used. Many jtortions of the building are remarkable for the details and sculptured ornaments, the nmssivc piers, and other architectural features of good Norman character, as also of a subsequent period. The earlier work bears nnich resemblance to that which is found in certain buildings in the North of Scotland. Since tbe union with Sweilen, this cathedral has had the privilege of being tho place wbcre coronations are performed. liy Mil. Nehhitt. — A collection of casts from Meilitval ivory carvings of

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