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pation. These interesting brooches were gilt, the centre chased with a pccuHar design (see Woodcuts of fibuljc), surrounded by impressed orna- ment. The decoration was similar in both examples. The acus had been of iron. Fibular of this type are rare : the finest examples known are in the possession of the Hon. Richard Neville, and were formerly in the Museum at Stowe. They were found at Ashendon, Bucks, and are of very unusual size, diam. 31 inches. They are jewelled, and the arrange- ment of ornament is cruciform. A bronze fibula, of the same type, found at Stone, in Bucks, is engraved in the Archa3ologia, Vol. xxx., p. 545. Two others, found in Gloucestershire, are given in the Journal of the Archae- ological Association, Vol. ii,, p. 54, and Vol. iv., p. 53. By Dr. Mantell. — A beautiful gold ring, set with an uncut sapphire, found on Flodden Field. — The seal of the Deanery of Paulet, co. Somerset, found near Winchester. By the Rev. E. Venables, Local Secretary in Sussex. — Impression from the sepulclu-al brass of an ecclesiastic, in the mass-vestment, from the church of Emberton, Bucks. The figure measures 30i inches long. From the upraised hands proceeds an inscribed scroll — " Ion preyth' the sey for hy a pat' nost' <fe an aue." The inscription beneath the feet is singular, com- memorating the benefactions of the deceased in service-books given to certain churches — " Orate p' aia M'ri Johis Mordon al's andrew quond'm Rectoris isti' eccl'ie qui dedit istieccl'ie portos missal' ordinal' p's oculi in crat' ferr' Manual' p'cessional' & eccl'ie de Olney catholicon legend aur' (k portos in crat' ferr' <fe eccl'ie de Ilullemortou portos in crat' ferr' &, alia ornamenta. qui obijt {blank) die Mens' {blank) Au° dili M°. CCCC°. X (blank) cuius ale p'piciet' deus Ame." The dates have never been inserted, this sepul- chral portraiture having been placed in his lifetime, probably before 142U, and in commemoration of his donations, possibly as a security for their preserva- tion, as was frequently sought by the anathema, " quicunqiie alienaverit." The term crat' ferr' has not been explained, and some conjectural interpre- tations were suggested. Crata or crates is a grating, such as the inclosure of a tomb or chancel ; the trelliced railing near an altar is termed " craticea ferrca. It may perhaps imply a kind of iron frame or lectern on which the Porthose {portiforium) missal, ordinal, and other books thus given were placed, or a grated receptacle for their safe preservation.^ The donor pos- sibly took his alias from Hill-Morton, a parish in Warwickshire, to which he gave a portiforium and ornaments of sacred use, — ornamenta, a terra denoting the vessels or customary appliances of the altar. By Mr. Way. — Impressions from several incised slabs existing in France, comprising the effigies at St. Denis, attributed to two abbots cf that monastery (see the representations given in this Journal, p. 48), and the fine figure of the architect by whom the earlier portions of the Abbey Church of St. Ouen, at Rouen, were built, — namely, the choir and chapels surround- ing it. The work commenced a.d. 1319. No record of his name has been ascertained. He holds a tablet, on which is traced a window and cornice, resembling precisely the work attributed to his design. Also, the beautiful figin-e of John, Chancellor of Noyon, who died 1350. This slab is preserved at the Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris, and is represented admirably in " Shaw's Dresses and Decorations." ® The grating of the Parlatory in monaste- ctdce — " ubi fiatrcs aJ psallcndum sc subpo- ries was called cratls. Ducange cites a nerc soliti sunt. Polycandeli species in for- passage in which mention occurs of the crati- mam cratis efGcta."