FIRST WINTER MEETING. XXX vii. 



Five necklaces of glass and pottery beads were of unusual 

 forms, with beautiful colouring. (2) A grant by letters 

 patent, dated 1542, of lands formerly owned by the suppressed 

 monastery of St. Saviour in Bermondsey. The initial letter 

 of the King's name and the four heraldic devices at the head 

 of the document were admirable examples of the pen and ink 

 work of that period. The embellishment of parchment deeds 

 with the portrait of the reigning monarch was not known 

 before the 16th century ; and after the Restoration an 

 engraved plate superseded the art of the penman. In this 

 case, Henry VIII. was depicted as a seated figure, holding 

 the orb and sceptre. (3) An 8vo. edition, printed at Antwerp 

 in 1562, of Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, by Olaus 

 Magnus, Archbishop of Upsala. The volume contained many 

 quaint wood cuts, and was more rarely met with than the 

 folio edition of the same work issued in 1555. 



By Dr. H. Colley March : (1) An absolution cross from 

 Grey Friars' monastery, London, 1349. (2) A sepulchral 

 crucifix found in the graveyard of Mont St. Michel, in 

 Bretagne. (3) An ancient silver suspensory crucifix, also 

 from Bretagne. (4) A reduced facsimile of the Rune stone 

 of Busdorf, in Schleswig, 985-1014. 



By Mr. Alfred Pope : A holy-water stoup, a portion of a 

 gable cross, and various pieces of worked stone with good 

 mouldings, all of which had been found at Grimstone. They 

 are now reproduced on the accompanying plate, and the 

 following notes by Mr. Pope explain their probable history. 



Taking these stones in the order marked on the 

 plate, I wish to draw attention to that numbered 1. 

 This stone is of very ancient date, and may possibly 

 have been the holy- water stoup, built into the wall 

 near the door of a previously existing Free Chapel 

 at Grimstone, into which receptacle each individual 

 dipped his finger and crossed himself when passing 

 the threshold of the sacred edifice. In some cases 

 moveable vessels of metal or basins of stone (see No. 2, 



