The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884Various
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The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884
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Archaeology -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
BRITISH ARCHÆOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.--_May 7._ Annual general meeting. The
Bishop of St. David’s was elected President for the congress at Tenby,
and for the ensuing year. The officers and almost the whole of the old
council were re-elected. The Hon. Treasurer, Mr. T. Morgan, F.S.A.,
V.P., gave a review of the work of the Association during the past year,
and declared a satisfactory balance-sheet. The members afterwards dined
together.--_May 21_, Mr. T. Morgan, F.S.A., Vice-President, in the
chair. Mr. W. Myers, F.S.A., exhibited several objects of antiquarian
interest lately brought from Egypt. Mr. Cecil Brent, F.S.A., exhibited a
collection of ancient pottery, mostly from Cyprus, showing many of the
varied forms of the ceramic ware of that island. Some gold earrings of
Greek date were also among the collection. The Rev. S. M. Mayhew
produced many articles of interest, especially to collectors of London
antiquities: there being among them a handsome inlaid marquetry box,
once, probably, the alms-box of the old church of St. Olave,
Tooley-street, since it was found close to the site of the present
building, below the surface of the ground. It bears the inscription,
“The gift of R. Makepiece, 1692,” and appeared but little the worse for
its rough usage. A carved bone knife of Roman date and some fine
examples of glass of the same period were also exhibited. Mr. Loftus
Brock, F.S.A., also exhibited several antiquities found in London, the
most curious being a spur of great length. Mr. E. Walford read a paper
on the ancient city of Luni, in Etruria, being an extract from a letter
which he had recently received from La Signora Campion. This paper will
appear _in extenso_ in the ANTIQUARIAN MAGAZINE. Mr. W. de Gray Birch,
F.S.A., read a paper descriptive of a fine stained-glass figure of a
lady in Long Melford Church, Suffolk, which was shown in _fac-simile_ by
a drawing by Mr. Watling. The figure is that of Lady Anne Percy, then
wife of Sir Lawrence Rainsforth, and probably the youngest daughter of
Hotspur, and not the first or second, as has been believed. The lady’s
third husband was Sir R. Vaughan. She is represented in a kneeling
posture, clad in a red heraldic robe, on which are the arms of the Dukes
of Brabant and Lucy; while on her ermine-lined mantle are those of
Rainsforth and Brokesborne. This is the earliest known portrait of any
member of the Percy family.--_June 4_, Mr. T. Morgan, F.S.A., in the
chair. The arrangements for the Congress at Tenby were detailed. The
meeting will commence on September 2, and end on the 11th, the Bishop of
St. David’s being President. The Rev. S. M. Mayhew exhibited a Roman
mortar of bronze found recently in the City, its silver covering showing
the marks of intense heat from burning, the silver being fused into
granules over the surface. A bronze lizard from Palestine, probably a
Gnostic emblem, was also described. Mr. Morgan produced some interesting
relics from Cagliari, Sardinia, recently found there.
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