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| 857 of 1764 Document |
| Archive: | Manning | Unique ID: | 1588 | ||||||||
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North Hinksey | Item No.: | 3 | No. of Sheets: | 1 |
| Title: | Article printed from the Society of Antiquaries Journal, 'Archaeologia, Volume LIV, pp. 497 - 498'. | ||||
| Content: | The article has a green cover sheet which reads: 'On A Late-Celtic Dagger Sheath Found In Oxfordshire, Exhibited by Mr Percy Manning Esq., Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries by Charles Hercules Read Esq, Secretery, January 24, 1895, Westminster, Printed by Nichols and Sons, 25, Parliament Street'. The article includes two woodcuts of a Late-Celtic dagger sheath found in Oxfordshire, one viewed from the front and one viewed from the back. The text in between the two images explains that it was exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries by Mr Percy Manning on 24 January 1895. The item was found in a backwater of the Thames close to North Hinksey. The text goes on to report a communication on the item read to the society by Mr C.H. Read. Gives a detailed description of the sheath and discusses its type in relation to other examples, especially three sheaths in the British Museum. | ||||
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