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MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 
[UPPER 
EARLY CHRISTIAN COLLECTION. 
This is a small Collection occupying one corner of Table- 
Case G. The most remarkable part of it is a number of 
pieces of glass vases with ornaments in gold leaf, all dis- 
covered in the Catacombs of Rome. The subjects on these 
are chiefly from the life of our Lord, or antitypes from the 
Old Testament, such as Jonah, Moses striking the rock. 
There are also figures of St. Peter and St. Paul, and other 
saints connected with the Early Roman Church. 
MEDIEVAL COLLECTION. 
This Collection is arranged with reference partly to the 
material of which the objects are formed, partly to the use 
for which they were intended. 
Cases 88-97. Sculpture and Carving, in various materials, but 
chiefly in ivory, the specimens of which are arranged, as far as prac- 
ticable, in chronological order. The earlier examples are generally 
writing tablets or portions of the bindings of books. Those of the 13tb, 
14th, and 15 th centuries are principally tablets for devotional purposes. 
The later carvings are of a miscellaneous character. 
In Table Case H are placed other specimens of Sculpture : on one 
side are early writing tablets or diptychs, mirror-cases, combs, chess- 
men and draughtsmen : on the other are vases of rock crystal and 
jasper, and medallions in bronze and silver. 
Cases 98-100. Paintings. Portions of the frescoes in St. Stephen's 
Chapel, Westminster, executed in the latter half of the 14th century. 
Cases 101-107. Various miscellaneous objects, including a large 
collection of medieval leather work, chiefly found in London ; a block 
of Heme's Oak formerly in Windsor Park. 
Cases 108-115. Metal Work of various kinds; ecclesiastical 
relics, including an Irish crozier and several bells of Irish saints ; 
vases and dishes; arms and armour. 
Table Cases I and K. Matrices of Seals, both English and foreign. 
In Upright Case M is a curious piece of clockwork in the form of a 
ship, presented by Octavius Morgan, Esq., M P., and a collection of 
horodeictical instruments, such as astrolabes, quadrants, and dials of 
various kinds. 
In Table-Case G are Enamels. — German enamels of the 12th and 
I8tli centuries; French enamels, made at Limoges, during the same 
p< riod ; Italian painted enamels; others painted at Limoges during the 
L6(h and 17th centuries; a few specimens of English enamelling 
and jewelry, among which may be noticed the signet ring of Mary 
Queen of Scots ; knives ornamented in various ways. 
<':> < : ■, lift 1;M. English Pottery. — On the upper shelves are 
I'laced I'm mi and brown glazed vessels of coarse manufacture, and of 
, dates, from the 1 3th to the IGth century. Middle shelf. 
