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is a sword, crossing behiuJ his helmet, which is surmounted I'}- a iihuno and has the vizor down. The ground is p<irseme with flowers. 5. "S. CoNYEXTVs Clarevallis." Chxirvrtux, in France. A circuUu- seal, nearly 2 in. in diameter, of late fourteenth-century character. The device is three niches surmounted by elabi»rately enriched canopies, flanked on each side by a smaller niche. In the centre niche is a figure of the Virgin and Child, and in each of the two niches ne.vt it is the ligure of a bishop witli a crozier. (3. "SiGiLi.vM Cai'IToli de Mvxkio." a circular seal, IjV. in. in diameter, of thirteenth-century work (I). The device is a figure of St. Peter seated on a chair, the arms and feet of which have the head and claws of a gritibn. The figure is fully robed, and has a tiara on the liead. In the riglit hand are the double keys ; in his left a volume resting against his chest. On the field are distributed the letters, "Sc'a Petrvs." 7. " S. Dn'i Jacobi Cvrialis D. Salerno Dei gratia Ep'i Bisigni- ANEXSis." Bisignano, iu Italy. A seal of the vesica jnscU form, 2 J in. long by 1| in. wide, of late fourteentli-century work. The device is iu three divisions. In the lowest division is a narrow sipiare-shajied i)anel with a trefoiled head, containing a robed figure standing, possibly episcopal ; on each side is a shield charged with a bend indented. The middle division is a square compartment with three flat-arched foliated heads, one over each of three figures occupying the field. The centre figure is that of tl»e seated Virgin, with the infant Jesus standing on her left knee ; on her left is a siiint, with a sword in the riglit hand and a stall' iu the left ; on her right is a similar figure, with a palm branch (?) in the right hand. All have niinlii. The upper division has a richly canopied head in three divisi<jns, under which is seated (Jod the Father, on his throne, his head encircled with a nimbus. He bears in front the Saviour on the cross. 8. "S' Capitoli Sc'e ^Iarie Scola Grecor' " — probably of some Institution at Venice. A seal of the same form as No. 7, 2 in. long and 1)^,- in. wide, i>robably of the fifteenth century. The device is a figure of the Virgin seated on a throne, with the infant Jesus on her left knee and a sceptre in her right hand. She is under a deeply reces.sed canopy with a trefoiled hea«l, resting on a slender .s/iimltd colunni on each side, Burmounte<l by capitals. 9. S' (iiUMAi.Di P'oRis Sc'e Cataiune u' Mlt." Modena, Ital}'. A Boal of the same form as No. 7, 1 1 in. long by 1 ,',, in. wide. The device is a full-length figure of St. Catherine crowned and richly robed, her feet resting on a trefoiled arch, under which is a small ligure of a monk praying. On each side of her is a ntw of alternate floweiu and crosses placed vertically. SPKCI AI, KXC FUSION TO (JIIILDFOKI). Tueschiy, July 2, 1H72. In accordunco with the wish e.x|)reBHed at tiic May niceling of (lie Institute, when Mr. (J.T.Clark gave his .ddreMS, "Some account of (Guildford Ciwtio " (jirinted at p. 1 of the prcHiiit voliuue), (Imm day was fixe<l for the special excurhion to (iuildforil, a visit exlcmporiscd to suit the convenience of nifml)ers in town in union with the gentry of the nuiglibuurli<x>d.

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