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Intal Jtantm. 



A MONGr the more conspieuous objects was the raodel 

 jLJL of a bell from Bruton Church, on which was the 

 inscriptlon " Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis." 



E. A. Woodforde, Esq., of Ansford House, con- 

 tributed : — An old battle mace ; sand dish from Bruton 

 Abbey ; two figures in statuary marble representing 

 " Temperance and Fortitude," from Bruton Abbey ; key 

 and purse, found at Evercreech, and containing a Shilling 

 of Edward VI ; fragment of a bell from Glastonbury 

 Abbey ; fönt for holy water, and part of a monument — the 

 latter a very beautiful and curious specimen, from Glaston- 

 bury Abbey ; carved oak picture of our Saviour, curious 

 piece of carved ivory, and a key, from Glastonbury Abbey ; 

 a medal of our Saviour, in silver, with, on the reverse, our 

 Lady of Loretto, supposed to have belonged to Abbot 

 Whiting, of Glastonbury ; a dagger found in the river, at 

 Castle Gary ; a pair of stirrups belonging to one of Oliver 

 CromweH's troopers ; carved picture, from Bindon Abbey ; 

 lachrymatory, from Bindon Abbey. 



J. M. Paget, Esq., of Cranmore Hall : — An encaustic 

 tile from the Alhambra ; ancient screen, representing the 

 Entombment of Rhea Silvia; Christ before Pilate, from 

 Raglan Castle; Moorish tablet, two wäre inkstands from 

 Morocco ; Rhine wäre flagon, &c. 



Mr. D. Ward contributed some ancient carving, suj)- 

 posed to have been from Bruton Abbey. 



The Frome Museum sent a part of the foundations of a 

 Roman villa, and various other curiosities. 



