The Archaeological Journal, Volume 10Longman, Rrown [sic] Green, and Longman, 1853 |
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... Penny of Henry de Blois , Bishop of Winchester . Enamelled Plate , representing Henry of Blois , Brother of King Stephen , and Plan of the Roman Villa , on Great Copt Hill. ENAMEL , XII . CENT . IN THE COLLECTION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
... Penny of Henry de Blois , Bishop of Winchester . Enamelled Plate , representing Henry of Blois , Brother of King Stephen , and Plan of the Roman Villa , on Great Copt Hill. ENAMEL , XII . CENT . IN THE COLLECTION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
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... King John . " It consists of an antique gem set in silver , on which is engraved the inscription . This interest- ing object was presented by W. Wilshire Smith , Esq . To the Rev. J. M. Traherne we are indebted for a silver ring- brooch ...
... King John . " It consists of an antique gem set in silver , on which is engraved the inscription . This interest- ing object was presented by W. Wilshire Smith , Esq . To the Rev. J. M. Traherne we are indebted for a silver ring- brooch ...
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... KING.C. W. 1664. The letters following the name would suggest the possibility of the dish having been made by some churchwarden in the potteries for an alms - dish . I think we may congratulate ourselves on the promising commencement of ...
... KING.C. W. 1664. The letters following the name would suggest the possibility of the dish having been made by some churchwarden in the potteries for an alms - dish . I think we may congratulate ourselves on the promising commencement of ...
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... Meg , used at the Siege of Dumbarton , 1489 , and at Norham , 1497 , in the reign of James IV . , King of Scots . DIA 29'50 0 D . DIA 28.75 DIA 26.75 DIA 23 : 0 DIA 21.0 C 45.0 DIA 22 : 0 DIA 23,25 D 0-1 D DIA 27. 27:00 DIA.
... Meg , used at the Siege of Dumbarton , 1489 , and at Norham , 1497 , in the reign of James IV . , King of Scots . DIA 29'50 0 D . DIA 28.75 DIA 26.75 DIA 23 : 0 DIA 21.0 C 45.0 DIA 22 : 0 DIA 23,25 D 0-1 D DIA 27. 27:00 DIA.
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... king , before leaving Galloway , raised the town of Kirkcudbright into a Royal Burgh , and granted to Brawny Kim , the smith , the lands of Mollance in the neighbourhood of Threave Castle . Hence the smith was called Mollance , and his ...
... king , before leaving Galloway , raised the town of Kirkcudbright into a Royal Burgh , and granted to Brawny Kim , the smith , the lands of Mollance in the neighbourhood of Threave Castle . Hence the smith was called Mollance , and his ...
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Page 191 - s the disease he means ? Mai. 'T is call'd the evil ; A most miraculous Work in this good king : Which often, since my here-remain in England, I have seen him do. How he solicits heaven, Himself best knows : but strangely-visited people, All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye, The mere despair of surgery, he cures ; Hanging a. golden stamp about their necks, Put on with holy prayers : and 't is spoken, To the succeeding royalty he leaves The healing benediction.
Page 157 - is inclosed with three doors, the inner cancellated, the middle, which is very thick, lined with skins like parchment, and driven full of nails. These skins, they by tradition tell us, were some skins of the Danes, tann'd and given here as a memorial of our delivery from them.
Page 196 - I myself have been a frequent eye-witness of many hundreds of cures performed by his Majesty's Touch alone, without any assistance of chirurgery ; and those, many of them, such as had tired out the endeavors of able chirurgeons before they came thither.
Page 266 - I have examined, with a magnifying glass, the pages of tho Gospels of Lindisfarne and Book of Kells for hours together," says Professor Westwood, "without ever detecting a false line or an irregular interlacement ; and when it is considered that many of these details consist of spiral lines, and are so minute as to be impossible to have been executed with a pair of compasses, it really seems a problem, not only with what eyes, but also with what instruments, they could have been executed.
Page 198 - Patrick's account ; and the poor fellow has been here some month;; with his boy. But the queen has not been able to touch, and it now grows so warm, I fear she will not at all.
Page 181 - O Almighty God, who art the giver of all health, and the aid of them that seek to thee for succour, we call upon thee for thy help and goodness mercifully to be shewed upon these thy servants, that they being healed of their Infirmities, may give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 259 - PASCAL'S Thoughts. Translated from the Text of M. Auguste Molinier by C. Kegan Paul. 3rd Edition, y, dd. PAULI'S (Dr. R.) Life of Alfred the Great. Translated from the German. To which is appended Alfred's ANGLO-SAXON VERSION OF OROSIUS. With a literal Translation interpaged, Notes, and an ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR and GLOSSARY, by B. Thorpe. 5^. PAUSANIAS
Page 266 - Kells," some of the ornaments of which I attempted to copy, but broke down in despair. Of this very book Mr. "Westwood examined the pages, as I did, for hours together without ever detecting a false line, or an irregular interlacement.
Page 181 - And for the glory of thy Name deliver us ; be merciful to us sinners, for thy Name's sake.
Page 181 - O Almighty God, Who art the Giver of all health, and the aid of them that seek to Thee for succour, we call upon Thee for Thy help and goodness mercifully to be showed upon these Thy servants, that they being healed of their infirmities may give thanks unto Thee in Thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.