Some Notices of Records Preserved Amongst the Corporation Archives at Southampton

Over three seasons between 1979 and 1981 the author undertook, on behalf of the then Historic Buildings and Monuments Directorate (Scottish Development Department), the rescue excavation of a 2.4 ha native settlement in advance of land reclamation for upland arable farming. Though limited in extent, the excavations identified a complex sequence of four major phases of occupation. Dating evidence was scarce but occupation appears to have begun as an unenclosed settlement during the Iron Age that was subsequently enclosed within earthen ramparts. Occupation inside the earthworks continued at least until the second century A.D. and a succession of later phases of building indicates that the site may have been settled continually or intermittently until the seventeenth century.     

Notes on the Seals of Endowed Grammer Schools in England and Wales

Abstract

Excavation and architectural analysis at Kirkham Priory between 1978 and 1984 have led to a re-appraisal of the structural development of that important Augustinian house which was perhaps founded in 1122 and suppressed in 1539. In particular, the early development of the church was resolved, an important western axial tower identified, and the thirteenth-century presbytery placed in context. The ground-plan of the fourteenth-century gatehouse was recovered and its twelfth-century predecessor identified. A new study of the standing remains has identified the development pattern of the claustral ranges which can now be related to the economic history of the priory. In addition, the discovery of a ceramic water-main of later-twelfth-century date provides a rare example of the use of pottery water-pipes in England.     

宋代官印制度略论

中国古代官印制度发展到宋代,已十分成熟和完备。国家设置了专门的铸印机构──少府监和文思院,并且制定了诸如牌印制度、知印制度等严密的管理措施,在官印的形制上,背款的出现和叠篆的使用,为以后金元各代所沿袭,影响深远。     

故宫藏明清流派印伪讹丛考(一)

本文针对故宫博物院藏明清流派印中有问题的印作进行了单体研究与考证,以纠正以往鉴定工作中的错误,为进一步科学、系统地研究明清流派印提供了必要的参考。     

Notices of the Priory of Southwick,in the County of Southampton

In February 1995 Cleveland County Archaeology Section (now Tees Archaeology) carried out a small scale excavation at the rear of 23 Baptist Street on Hartlepool Headland prior to the construction of a garage (Illus. 1). The site lies in the immediate vicinity of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery which contained ‘inscribed stones’ and which is believed to belong to the Anglo-Saxon monastery of the seventh to eighth centuries A.D. (see Daniels forthcoming for the most recent discussion of the monastery and Okasha forthcoming for that of the cemetery). The cemetery was located in the mid-nineteenth century during house construction and there has been no previous opportunity to undertake archaeological investigation in this area. A proposal to build a garage in this area was therefore seized upon as a chance to examine the stratigraphy and establish further details of Anglo-Saxon activity in this area.     

The Archbishop of Canterbury,the Episcopal Bench,and the Passage of the 1911 Parliament Act

The passage of the 1911 Parliament Bill ended the power of the British house of lords to veto any legislation passed by the house of commons. Henceforth, it could only delay the passage of a measure. The bill was carried by a mere 17 votes and friction between Unionists who took up die‐hard opposition, advised abstention, or actively sought to aid passage was bitter. The role which the archbishop of Canterbury played in canvassing the episcopal bench and helping to ensure final passage of the bill has not attracted much attention. Prior to the debate, the archbishop advised abstention but did not dissuade others from encouraging bishops to support the bill to help ensure passage. Before the vote, therefore, ‘die‐hards’ opposing any concession to the government, ‘hedgers’ advising Unionist abstention in the vote, and ‘rats’, Unionists willing to vote for the bill to ensure passage despite personal reservations, attempted to sound out and pressure the bishops in their direction. At the debate, the archbishop changed his mind and decided he must support the bill in order to avoid a greater crisis, and 12 other bishops joined him in the government lobby, helping to create the final majority of 17 by which the measure passed. Consideration of the role of the bishops adds to the understanding of the mechanics by which the bill passed, amidst considerable intrigue, pressure and acrimony, as well as further illuminating the extent and intensity of the divisions within the Unionist party at this critical moment.     

试用印章检验法分析福建私票印章的收藏及辨伪

清朝道光、咸丰年间到闽任幕僚的施鸿保所著的<闽杂记>对福建"钱票"印章有段精彩描述:"……先用蓝印店号及年月号数,……又加方圆大小朱印,字有小于半菽粟者,镌刻精巧,几如鬼工……"(插四图1),福建私票印章集"精、巧、奇、雅"于一体,已成为与私票联系最为密切的藏品,倍受收藏爱好者的亲睐.但因年代相隔久远,存世量少价高,近年来,收藏品交易市场已陆续出现新刻私票印章.如何辨伪、防伪,成为收藏爱好者关注的焦点.     

明代都匀卫学、府学建置背景探析

明初,诏令天下府、州、县、卫、司建立学校。终明之世,明王朝相继在都匀设卫置府,建立卫、府学,开办儒学教育,培养才俊。本文对明代都匀卫、府学建置背景进行考察,旨在从教育这一视角了解明代都匀地区概貌。