The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Volume 33

The Association, 1877 - Archaeology

Contents

• Figures of armed Knights northeast angle of northwest: 1
• Facsimile Page of the LatinCornish Vocabulary in: 7
• Chill or Cornish Lamp: 13
• The Early History of the Family of MountEdgcumbe By: 15
• Kiln at Colchester and Sketches of the Pottery: 19
• Sketches of Boarhunt Church: 25
• Notes upon some Figures in the Western Towers of Wells Cathe: 30
• County and Parochial Histories and Books relating to Cornwall: 35
• The Duchy and Dukes of Cornwall By STEPHEN I TUCKER: 60
• F S A 468: 68
• Original Documents With Introductory Remarks by W de: 86
• Proceedings of the Association 105 213 483: 105
• Some Knightly Effigies in Suffolk Churches By H S CUMING: 109
• The History and Literature of the Ancient Cornish Language: 137
• Remarks on Celtic Monuments By THOMAS A WISE M D: 154
• Tintagel Castle By Rev Prebendary KINSMAN M A: 170
• The Ancient Boroughs of Cornwall with Notes on their Arms: 179
• Notes on the Scilly Isles together with some Cornish Antiquities: 191
• Proceedings of the Cornwall Congress 87: 195
• Notes on Britford Church By JAMES T IRVINE: 215
• On Needles and NeedleCases By H S CUMING: 222
• Troy and its Analogy to Mycenæ By Dr H SCHLIEMANN: 234
• Annual General Meeting: 252
• Balance Sheet: 261
• Roman Remains discovered at Sittingbourne By G PAYNE jun: 263
• Roman Pottery Kilns at Colchester Part I By E P L BROCK: 267
• Recent Discoveries at Kenilworth By J TOM BURGESS F S A: 275
• Biographical Memoirs: 282
• On some Megalithic Monuments in Western Cornwall By: 291
• The Megalithic Antiquities at Stanton Drew By C W DYMOND: 297
• The Will and Inventory of Robert Morton A D 14861488: 308
• On Roman Vessels popularly called Amphore By H S CUMING: 331
• King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table By T CRAGOE: 338
• The Saxon Arches of Britford Church near Salisbury By С: 345
• Description of the Saxon Church of Boarhunt in Hampshire: 367
• On some Medals and Seals of the Cromwell Family By H: 381
• Steel Signet of Oliver Cromwell Son of Richard Cromwell: 392
• On the ΚΑΡΝΥΞ or Keltic Horn By Dr J S PHENÉ F S A: 395
• Traces of the Ancient Kingdom of Damnonia outside Cornwall: 411
• The Ancient ChurchyardCrosses of Staffordshire By C LYNAM: 432
• St Neots Cornwall By E P L BROCK F S A: 441
• Suez Canals from the most Ancient Times to the Present: 447
• 31: 450
• Notes on recently discovered Pavements at the Abbey of: 456
• 35: 463
• On the Discovery of the Refectory and Tiled Floor at Cleeve Abbey: 465
• Plan of Roman and British Roads near Sheffield: 503
• Tile of the Fourth Gaulish Cohort found at Templeborough: 508
• Antiquarian Intelligence 127 286 401: 523

Popular passages

Page 340 - And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land : On one side...

Page 97 - ... hand above the water, and met it, and caught it, and so shook it thrice and brandished, and then vanished away the hand with the sword in the water. So Sir Bedivere came again to the king, and told him what he saw. Alas, said the king, help me hence, for I dread me I have tarried over long.

Page 404 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory, Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.

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Page 140 - We will not receive the new service, because it is but like a Christmas game; but we will have our old service of matins, mass, even-song, and procession in Latin, as it was before. And so we the Cornish men, whereof certain of us understand no English, utterly refuse this new English.

Page 410 - OF THAT MONTH, WHEN THEY WERE DRIVEN FROM THE FIELD, AND FORCED TO SHELTER THEMSELVES IN THEIR GARRISONS OF CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA, WHICH PLACES SUBSEQUENTLY SURRENDERED BY CAPITULATION. TO RECORD TO FUTURE AGES THESE EVENTS; AND TO COMMEMORATE THE LOSS SUSTAINED BY THE DEATH OF SIR RALPH...

Page 200 - OH ! haste and leave this sacred isle, " Unholy bark, ere morning smile ; " For on thy deck, though dark it be, " A female form I see ; " And I have sworn this sainted sod " Shall ne'er by woman's feet be trod.

Page 175 - Place me in the barge." ' So to the barge they came. There those three Queens Put forth their hands, and took the King, and wept. But she, that rose the tallest of them all...

Page 172 - Who can advise you in this matter," said Ulfin, " when no force will enable us to have access to her in the town of Tintagel ? For it is situated upon the sea, and on every side surrounded by it; and there is but one entrance into it, and that through a straight rock, which three men shall be able to defend against the whole power of the kingdom.

Page 365 - Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Volume 33
• Contributor: British Archaeological Association
• Publisher: The Association, 1877
• Original from: Oxford University
• Digitized: Jan 24, 2007