an ancient waxed Table-book. 15 
On the whole, therefore, I would conclude that the tablets before us may, 
with great probability, be assigned to the latter end of the thirteenth, or begin- 
ning of the fourteenth, century; and I am led to this conclusion altogether by 
the form of the letters inscribed on them, which appear to me to belong, most 
probably, to that period, although, in some respects, their forms are peculiar, 
particularly in the letters a, g, and 7; but of this the accompanying plates, which 
represent the characters inscribed on the tablets with great accuracy, will enable 
the reader to judge for himself. 
