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kw days of the ceremony of conferring upon Honorius, the younger 

 son of Theodosius, the title of Augustus, and his consequent eleva- 

 tion to the imperial dignity by his father. 



That also at this time Theodosius, with his sons Arcadius and Ho- 

 norius, were recognized in Lusitania as the only legitimate sove- 

 reigns, after the death of Valentinian the younger, and that the 

 authority of Eugenius, the tyrant, was not recognised in this pro- 

 vince, as some have believed. 



That the disc contains a representation of the act of delivering to 

 the magistrate of a province the book or code of precepts for the dis- 

 charge of his duty, which had to be certified in the act of the quin- 

 decennalia, because this had reference to the continuance in office or 

 delegation of the imperial authority, in like manner as the emperors 

 prorogued or conferred anew the power of command in the provinces 

 to their delegates. 



That this disc was made at Constantinople, then the seat of em- 

 pire, and is a clypeus, such as the emperors were accustomed to or- 

 der, to be used at the time their inauguration was proclaimed, bearing 

 their image, and in order that the magistrates might use them in their 

 public acts; elevating these insignia before them, and displaying them 

 while sitting in judgment on their tribunals. 



The writer of the memoir considers the discovery of this disc as 

 being important in a historical point of view, inasmuch as it appears 

 to correct and fix the chronology of certain acts, and establishes facts 

 hitherto considered as obscure. At the same time it shows, well pre- 

 served and in exact detail, the costume worn by the emperors in these 

 public solemnities, as well as those used by their domestics and at- 

 tendants, and the form of the imperial images transmitted to the 

 provinces, to be displayed before the magistrates in discharging the 

 duties of their office. It also gives an idea of the condition of the 

 arts in the time of Theodosius, and of the transition of the Greco- 

 Roman style to the Byzantine. 



This valuable relic now belongs to the Royal Academy of History, 

 at Madrid ; the learned antiquary of the Academy, Don Antonio 

 Delgado, being the author of the memoir. 



Mr. Trego announced the death of the Hon. John Reed, a 

 member of this Society, vs^ho died at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 

 on Saturday, the 19th day of January, 1850, in the 64th year 

 of his age. 



Mr. Trego stated, that he had recently had occasion to exa- 



