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for the communication from Sir John Lubbock, expressed his high admi- ration of the public spirit which had prompted him thus to secure to the nation so interesting a monument of antiquity. Antiquities and Works of Art Exhibited. By special permission of His Grace the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.- The Mazarin Testament, from the library at Lambeth Palace. By Sir W. TITE, C.B., M.P.-Wycliffe's New Testament, MS. fifteenth century; Coverdale's Bible, 1535; Tyndale's version of the New Testa- ment, 1536; Coverdale's New Testament, Paris, 1538; The Byble in Englyshe," printed by Edward Whytehurche, London, 1553, By Mr JOHN HENDERSON, F.S.A. (Hon. Treasurer).-A metal casket of Persian work, damascened with gold and silver. The seated figures have been covered with gold. Date, the latter part of the thirteenth century. A metal box of Persian work and unusual form, with gold and silver damascening. Probable date, the middle of the fourteenth century. The By Mr. A. G. 'GEOGHEGAN.-A bronze spear-head; a Roman fibula; a boss, or personal ornament, found at Bishop's Castle, Orkney. fibula resembles in general fashion a harp-shaped enamelled fibula in the museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, which is figured by Mr. W. B. Scott in his "Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England," pl. xxxviii. That beautiful object was found at Risingham, Northum- berland. Length, about 3 in. 33 It is also figured, more correctly, in Dr. Bruce's "Roman Wall," third edition, p. 431. The boss is of silver, ornamented with the rose and thistle in high relief; it was probably an ornament for a leathern belt or shield, as it is without any appearance of having been used as a clasp or buckle. It was found in the ruins of the Bishop's Castle," under a heap of stones, at Kirkwall, Orkney. By Mr. ANDREW CORBET.-Ten Norwegian coins (probably of the twelfth century), eight of which only were perfect. These examples of the early Scandinavian coinage, though comparatively uncommon, are well known to numismatists, and special treatises have been published regarding them. They are small, thin, fragile disks of silver, probably of base metal, and bear rude ornaments, or initials, supposed to indicate the Episcopal See, or other local division in which they were struck. The device is on one side only, the coin having been produced by a punch; and no reverse is found. The examples now brought before the Institute were found under the floor of a church in "Bayen's Stift" in Norway. By Mr. J. A. SPARVELL-BAYLY.-Pottery found near the site of the Roman ferry at West Tilbury, Essex. It consists of a large cinerary urn, of fine light-coloured unglazed material, 17 in. in height, and about as much in its greatest diameter, of a globular form, tapering towards the neck and base, the base 5 in. in diameter, the neck broken off, but with mark of place of handle (1) near the top ;--an urn of bright black ware of the Upchurch type, 4 in. high, 3 in. at the top, broken at the top, the sides scored with lines in compartments, in reversed order, giving the appearance of chevrons; two patere of Samian ware, plain, one slightly broken, with potter's names on the base; one small perfect semi- cylindrical pot or vase, plain; two fragments of a large vase of Samian, richly ornamented;-three small pieces of coarse pottery, scored or punctured, resembling that known as Gaulish. See vol. xxvi., p. 190, for