PROCEEDINGS OF 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



Vol. i., Ser. ii. APEIL, 1879. No. 13. 



CONTENTS. 



POLITE LITERATURE AND ANTIQUITIES. 



PACK 



LXII. — On a Copy, probably unique, of " The Life of the Virgin." 

 [Epitome In Divae Parthenices Mariae Historiam, fyc), by 

 Albert Dur.ee ; with the Woodcuts and Latin Verse of Cheli- 

 donitjs. By Dr. "William Frazer, M.R.I. A., 379 



LXIII. — On a Brick Inscribed with Archaic Babylonian Characters, in the 

 Museum of Trinity College, Dublin. By Denis Croeton, B.A., 

 M.R.I.A., 382 



LXIV. — Upon a Sculptured Slab from Mniveh, with a Cuneiform Inscrip- 

 tion, in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. By Denis 

 Crofton, B.A., M.R.I.A., 3S-3 



LXV. — On the Forms and Geographical Distribution of Ancient Stone 

 Implements in India. By V. Ball, M.A., F.G.S., of the Geo- 

 logical Survey of India. With Plates XIV. and XV., and a 

 Map (Plate XVI.), 388 



LXVL — Exploration and Restoration of the Ruin of the Grianan of Aileach. 

 By Dr. Walter Bernard, Fellow of the College of Physicians 

 in Ireland, &c. With Plates XVII. and XVIII. , 415 



LXVII. — Comparison of the Earliest Inscribed Monuments of Britain and 



Ireland. By the Rev. D H. Haigh, 424 



Minutes of Proceedings from August 12, 1878, to March 15, 1879, . . 59 to 74 

 Title-page, Table of Contents, and Index to Volume I., Series II. 



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