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By Mrs. Jarvis. — A very small lady's fmgcr rinc^ of jduin gold, prohaljly of the seventeenth century, lately found at Itoclietts, Essex. By Mr. J. F. Niciioli.s, of Bri.stol. — Matrix of a medallion of an " Aj,'nu8 Del, lately' foimd in the river Avon. liy Mr. J, H. Paukeu, C.B. — I'hutographs, plans, <kc., illustrating arclueulogical researches in Rome. By Professor Lewis and the Rev. S. S. Lewis. — A small collection of Greek and Roman coins ; specimens of pottery and other antiquities, comprising a lioman lamp of bronze in the form of a soldier's boot ; lamps and glass vase from Cyprus ; Cypriote jar from Idalium ; a Roman lamji, Venus Victrix and Cupid. Also an CEnochoe, Romano- British, found near Cambridge. By Mrs. Wickiiam Flower. — Ancient gold ean-ings from Cyprus. By Mr. J. T. Wood. — Plan showing excavations on the site of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus ; photograph of a group of architectural fragments found at Ephesus ; photograph of sculptured column of the Temple of Diana at Ej)hesus. By Professor Dunaldsox. — Nine matrices of seals. '^I'liese were aciiuired at various periods, some in Italy, and others in Paris, and are all most probably reproductions from authentic impressions of the original seals. 1. "SiGiLLVM CoxMVNiE Divioxis." Dijon, in France. A circular seal, 3f in. in diameter. In the field, whicli is circular and is 1§ in. in diameter, is a figure on hoi'seback to the right, bareheaded, with a hawk on the right hand, near which is an eight-rayed flamboyant sun, and, iu front of the horse, a crescent. Round this field is a circle about J in. wide, on which is the legend in fourteenth-century characters. Outside this is another circle of twenty divisions with semicircular* arches, con- taining boldly projecting heads of varied character and expression, one head iu each arch ; but this portion is less perfect than the inner. There is engraved in the " Tresor de Glyptique," by Le Normant, " Sceaux des Communes," pi. xiv., a seal very similar, but it differs iu having no arches over the heads in the outer circle. 2. "SiGILLVM COMMVXITETIS VILLE CoXDOMEXSIS." Coudom, in France. A circular seal, 3 in. in diameter. The device is a fortified town (of the twelfth century), with five square towers, four of which have arched gateways. Iu front of the largest tower is a bridge with three pointed arches, under which a river is flowing ; from the gate- way of this tower a knight on horseback is issuing to cross the bridge. In the town is seen the Cathedral ; its gable end is surmounted by a cross, and there is a ceutral tower. 3. " SiGILLVM Saxcti Quiriaci Provixi." Provins, iu France. A circular seal, 2i in. in diameter, probably of the fourteenth century. The device is a three-quarter figure of the saint in full costume, a crosier in his right hand and a cross in his left. In the field are two ciglit- pointed stars, and four small groups of three dots each. St. Quiriac is the patron saint of Ancona; the Cathedral there being dedicated to him. 4. " Cristuffe de Lorraix chevalier Seigxeur de Rabox." Rabon, in the Hautes Alps of France. A circular seal, IJ in. in diameter; probably late in fifteenth century. The device is a knight in armour on horseback, g;dl(iping to the right. On his left arm is a shield, charged with a bend. His mantle floats in the wind, and in his raised right hand VOL. XXIX. 3 F