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Antiquaries And Antiquities.
shield charged with tioo bars dancette . This latter bearing would seem to indicate Zealand , Avhich does thus appear ( the lion being omitted ) on some of the ruder monuments of the period ; ancl , if our conjecture be right , then the trumpet could scarcely be earlier than the times of Charles V . or Philip IL , and may Avell haA'e sounded the note of preparation for that expedition which
Avas to end so disastrously . Nor should it be forgotten that the chief command had , by the death of the admiral and vice-admiral , devolved upon the Duke de Medina Sidonia , an Andalusian noble , whose estates lay in the very centre of all that is Moresque in Spain . Another very interesting subject in the " Collectanea Antiqua "
is that of leaden coffins . The line of the wall which surrounded Roman London is bounded on the east by Houndsditch and the Minories , intersected by Aldgate , one of the chief Roman entrances , ancl led to Camulodunmn , now Colchester , the second city of Roman Britain . On either side of this gate Avere the chief burial-grounds of the ancient Londiniumand excavations
, made in these districts almost invariably bring us into contact Avith the remains of our Anglo-Roman ancestors . In May last , the London and North-Western Railway Company commenced building a pile of warehouses at the corner of Haydon Square ,
Minories , ancl the Avorkmen employed in digging the foundations struck upon what they imagined to be a chest containing treasure ; but when they had broken the exterior covering , and found only a leaden coffin Avithin , a respite was afforded to the ponderous relics , ancl the Rev . Thomas Hill , the incumbent of Trinity Church , Minories , interposed to save them . The exact
spot where this coffin was found was at the north-Avest corner of Haydon Square , about fifteen feet from Sheppy Yard . It lay east ancl west , at the entire depth of about fifteen feet ; immediately above it were two skeletons , embedded in lime , but Avithout urns or other usual accompaniments of Roman sepulture ; above these Avere traces of other interments , and still nearer the
surface tAvo encaustic tiles , probably part of the flooring of the religious house of the Sisters of the order of St . Clare , commonly called Sorores Minores , from whom the neighbouring street derived its name . The sarcophagus Avas considerably ornamented , and on this it AA'ill be unnecessary to give any minute descriptionpartlbecause it is in the British Museumancl
, y , partly because a repi * esentation of it ivill be found in the " Collectanea Antiqua . " The coffin was adorned with escalops , a decoration A ery usual on Roman leaden coffins , as three other instances are figured in the " Collectanea ; " and it seems also , that in most , if not all the leaden coffins of Roman date in this
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Antiquaries And Antiquities.
shield charged with tioo bars dancette . This latter bearing would seem to indicate Zealand , Avhich does thus appear ( the lion being omitted ) on some of the ruder monuments of the period ; ancl , if our conjecture be right , then the trumpet could scarcely be earlier than the times of Charles V . or Philip IL , and may Avell haA'e sounded the note of preparation for that expedition which
Avas to end so disastrously . Nor should it be forgotten that the chief command had , by the death of the admiral and vice-admiral , devolved upon the Duke de Medina Sidonia , an Andalusian noble , whose estates lay in the very centre of all that is Moresque in Spain . Another very interesting subject in the " Collectanea Antiqua "
is that of leaden coffins . The line of the wall which surrounded Roman London is bounded on the east by Houndsditch and the Minories , intersected by Aldgate , one of the chief Roman entrances , ancl led to Camulodunmn , now Colchester , the second city of Roman Britain . On either side of this gate Avere the chief burial-grounds of the ancient Londiniumand excavations
, made in these districts almost invariably bring us into contact Avith the remains of our Anglo-Roman ancestors . In May last , the London and North-Western Railway Company commenced building a pile of warehouses at the corner of Haydon Square ,
Minories , ancl the Avorkmen employed in digging the foundations struck upon what they imagined to be a chest containing treasure ; but when they had broken the exterior covering , and found only a leaden coffin Avithin , a respite was afforded to the ponderous relics , ancl the Rev . Thomas Hill , the incumbent of Trinity Church , Minories , interposed to save them . The exact
spot where this coffin was found was at the north-Avest corner of Haydon Square , about fifteen feet from Sheppy Yard . It lay east ancl west , at the entire depth of about fifteen feet ; immediately above it were two skeletons , embedded in lime , but Avithout urns or other usual accompaniments of Roman sepulture ; above these Avere traces of other interments , and still nearer the
surface tAvo encaustic tiles , probably part of the flooring of the religious house of the Sisters of the order of St . Clare , commonly called Sorores Minores , from whom the neighbouring street derived its name . The sarcophagus Avas considerably ornamented , and on this it AA'ill be unnecessary to give any minute descriptionpartlbecause it is in the British Museumancl
, y , partly because a repi * esentation of it ivill be found in the " Collectanea Antiqua . " The coffin was adorned with escalops , a decoration A ery usual on Roman leaden coffins , as three other instances are figured in the " Collectanea ; " and it seems also , that in most , if not all the leaden coffins of Roman date in this