Note 262 — XIII. CHRIST CHURCH.

Note by Professor Westwood. “The age of a particular MS. being ascertained, we are able approximately to determine also the age of the stone or ivory carvings or metal chasings whose art is completely identical with the designs in the MS.” See Pentateuch of Ælfric, full of architectural detail; and the Benedictional of Bp. Æthelwulf, reproduced by the Society of Antiquaries, vol. xxiv. See also The Pre-Norman Date of the Design and some of the Stone-work of Oxford Cathedral, by J. Park Harrison (H. Frowde, 1891).

I have to thank my friend the Rev. T. Vere Bayne, Senior Student of Christ Church, for some valuable corrections of this paper.—R. St. J. T.