REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR igi2. 
XI 
Antiquities and Archaeology. —During the year the 
mediaeval sculpture stored in the lower room of the Hospitium 
have been removed to the room below the new Lecture 
Theatre, which has been formed into an Architectural Museum. 
Excavations have been carried out by Mr. W. Harvey Brook 
and Mr. E. Ridsdale Tate at the Western end of the Choir of 
St. Mary’s Abbey Church. Many sculptured stones have been 
found and placed in the Architectural Museum. The small 
carved objects, with tiles and fragments of glass, have been 
placed in a glazed case. The whole of the mediaeval sculpture 
have been arranged in position by Messrs. Brook and Tate. 
The Minster Reredos and St. William’s Shrine have been built 
up from fragments, and thereby rendered more intelligible to 
visitors. Fragments have been restored from rockeries, etc. ; 
their owners having generously presented them to the Society. 
Particulars of the excavations and finds are given in another 
part of the Report, with a revised plan of St. Mary’s Monastery, 
by Mr. E. Ridsdale Tate. 
It is intended shortly to publish an illustrated catalogue of 
the sculpture in the Architectural Museum. 
Taking the fullest advantage of the permission given to him 
by the Council of the Society to excavate the remainder of the 
Choir site, left after the excavation of 1901-2, Mr. W. Harvey 
Brook has thoroughly cleared out six bays of the Choir 
South Arcade—the central Norman Apse and the Apses of 
North Transept and North and East Cloister Alleys, at his own 
cost, which up to the present date is roughly about £iyo. 
These excavations have been productive of very interesting 
results, in addition to the fact that much old work has been 
found and set up in its original position, much done in the 
way of repairs, giving to the Choir a picturesque value as well 
as valuable archaeological data. The South arcade platform 
has been found throughout, a great part rebuilt, the 
piers off-sets rebuilt, footings of pillars and four pillars set up 
so far as the parts found allowed, a cross wall built between 
the N.E. and S.E. piers of Tower, the N.E. and S.E. piers of 
Tower underpinned, added to and put in good repair. The 
North Transept Apses excavated, and the second Apse pier 
rebuilt, and 13th century pier placed in position, above the 
