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Carthusians,' and ' capital letters with illuminations,' of which there is not a 

 word in the original. 



" The miniatures (about seventy), initial letters, and borders are in good 

 Flemish styie, but most of this ornamentation seems to be a good deal later 

 than the date of Gheraert's schedule, and looks like work done about 1440—50, 

 Indeed one is led to suspect that an L has dropped out of the date of the 

 schedule, and that he may have written MCCCCLVII. In any case he was 

 not the illuminator. From his own .words we can see that he only did the 

 polishing of the vellum, the ruling of the lines, and the transription of the text." 



These volumes, of which the beautiful illuminated miniatures 

 and borders are in an admirable state of preservation, were for a 

 time exhibited in the British Museum. 



THURSDAY, JULY 12th. 



The party for this day's excursion left the King's Arms Hotel 

 punctually at 9.15. Indeed throughout the proceedings at this 

 Meeting punctuality was the strict rule — the President enforcing 

 both order and time among his followers in a highly desirable way. 

 The first stop was at EASTON GREY CHURCH, where there was 

 nothing to detain the party, after a glance at the early 15th century 

 tower, as the rest of the Church has been re-built — but by the kind 

 invitation of Mr. T. Graham Smith they moved on to EASTON 

 GREY HOUSE, to see a remarkable Roman tombstone, found about 

 1810 on the Fosse Road near Easton Grey Wood. It is hoped 

 that an illustration may be given of this. The house itself is 

 modern and stands in a beautiful undulating park. 



The next stoppage was at GREAT SHERSTON CHURCH— the 

 most important building, after the Abbey, visited during this 

 excursion. Here the new Yicar, the Rev. W. Symonds, met the 

 Members, and read the description of the Church furnished by 

 Mr. Ponttng. After this the Bishop of Bristol discoursed on 

 the remarkable early figure on the east side of the south porch, as 

 to which the received account in.Sherston is that it represents one 

 " Rattlebones," a valiant man of that place, who, in the day of the 

 great fight slew with his own hand a whole " skilling full " of 

 Danes, and, when himself wounded in the abdomen, picked up a 

 stone tile of the country, and clapping it on the wound held it in 



