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A RCH JEOLOGIA : or, MIS- 



t\. CELI.ANEOUS TRACTS EELA TING 

 TO ANTIQUITY, published by the Society 

 of Antiquaries of London. 



Contents : 

 Mediaeval Architecture in Aquitaine ; in con- 

 tinuation of previous Papers. By John 

 Henry Parker. Esq , F.S.A. 

 On a State Manuscript of the Eeign of 

 Henry VIII., the property of Sir vv. C. 

 Trevelyan, Bart. By J. Payne Collier, Esq., 

 V.P. 

 On the Title and Office of Cursitor-Baron of 

 the Exchequer. By Edward Foss, Esq., 

 F.S.A. 

 Presents received and Expenses incurred at the 

 Weddingof Richard Polsted, of Albury, Esq., 

 and Elizabeth, eldest dauditer of William 

 More, of Loseley, Esq. By John Evans, Esq., 

 F.S.A. 

 On a Vase representing an Adventure of Per- " 



seus. By Samuel Birch, Esq , F.S.A. 

 Objects discovered during Excavations for 

 Sewerage in Salisbury. By J. Y. Akerman, 

 Esq., F.S.A. Secretary. 

 Account of the Convent of English Nuns for- 

 merly settled at Louvain, in South Brabant. 

 By Sir Henry Ellis, Director. 

 Note on tlie Anf;on of Agathias. By J. Y. 

 Akerman, Esq., Secretary ; introductory of 

 Drawings of Examples : and Remarks by 

 Herr L. Lindensehmit, of Mayence. 

 Bemarks on the Angon of the Franks and the 

 Pilum of Vegetius. By W. M. Wylie. Esq., 

 B.A.,r.S.A. 

 On the supposed submerged City of Vineta. 



By R. H. Major, Esq., F.S A. 

 A furtlter Noi ice of Vineta. By K. E. H. Mac- 

 kenzie, Esq.. F.S.A. 

 Account of a Manuscript, by Thomas Norton, 

 M.P for, and Remembrancer to. the City of 

 London, relating to tlie ancient Duties of the i 

 Lord Mayor and Corporation. By J. Payne 

 Collier, Esq. 

 Further Particulars of Thomas Norton, and of 

 State Proceedings in Matters of Relision, in 

 the Years 1581 and 1582. By W. D. Cooper, 

 Esq., F.S.A. 

 Excavation'' on the Site of Roman Buildings at 



Keston. By G. B. Corner, Esq., F.S.A. ■ 

 The Graves of the Alemanni at Oberflai;ht in 

 Suabia. By W. M. Wylie, Esq., B.A., 

 F.S.A. 

 Account of the Unrolling of a Mummy at 

 Florence. Translated from the Itaian MS. 

 of Professor .Migliarini, by C. H. Cottrell, 

 Esq., M.A. : with Notes and Observations. 

 By S. Birch. Esq., F.S.A. 

 Antiquarian Researches in the Summer and 

 Auiumn of 1854. By J. Y. Akerman, Esq., 

 F.S.A., Secretary. 

 Notes uoon ' he Sculptures of a Temple disco- 

 vered at Bath. By George Scharf, Jun,, 

 Esq.,F.S.A. 

 Silver Bings and Coins discovered near Wor- 

 cester. By J. Y. Akerman, Esq., F.S.A., 

 Secretary. 

 Discovery of a Tesselated Pavement, Feb. 10, 

 1854, under the late Excise Office. By Wil- 

 liam Tite, E.sq., F.B.S., F.S.A. 

 Stall Plate of Sir William Parr. K.G., Marquis 

 of Northampton. By Augustus W. Franks, 

 Esq.,F,8.A. 

 iLicsTRATiONs: — 1. Wiudow from *he Church 

 of Marcadell. at Bazas, with the Arch-Mould- 

 in;;s. i. Part of the Choir and Plan of the 

 Church at Uze.«te, a.d. 1314. 3. Part of the 

 Choir and Transept of S. Caprais, Agen. 

 4. Capitals from the Cloister at Moissac, 

 A.D. 1100. 5. Moissac Abbaye Cloitre. 6. Vase 

 representing an Adventure of Perseus. 

 7. Heads of Missile Weapons found at Salis- 

 bury. 8. Anaons. 9. Plan of Upper and 

 Lower Warbank Fields ; and of others in 

 Keston Court Farm, Kent : showing the Site 

 of Roman Foundations there. 10. Eemaius 

 of B'manFoundation.'i at Keston. II, 12,13, 

 14. Plates illustrative of the Interments of the 

 Alemanni at Obeiflacht in Suabia. 15. Hie- 

 roglypliic Inscriptions from Mummy un- 

 rolled at Florence. 16. Objects found in a 

 Tumulus atStodmarsh in Kent. 17. Silver 

 Eins'S and Coins found near Worcester. 

 18. Plan of the Excise Office, showing the 

 Site of the Boman Pavempnt discovered 

 there in 18.M. 19. Plan of the Pavement. 

 20. Plan of lyondon and its vicinity to the 

 south-east, &c. 



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