A RELIQUARY. *I
HE' ’.beautiful subu^^epres^tM-'^^nu™
—™ cngraving isJ^Rehquary, an artio]e',oMne,i
I church plate used in the days of Catho-
fclicisjin #t©:‘contain- th ^ ^ c lj^ ^ o f Kiints.'
^M ^ p ^efe^tMhhQbiecta. of .superstitious
reverence. It appears to be a work of
I ^t P latter part jo f|j||| fifteenth century, I
ltEis an interestina obje'c t,
have few if any other examples resembling
it. It is at present in the collection of the Hon. Robe r | j
||j|?zon, jsMor,*who purchased' |t athYenice, /but .
ffi'Storjr nothing is known. It is a
the age in TO&gBnt was made.
..worked in 5n|l!ti£«three of the departments
^re^enib.eT] ished with half-figur^gc^aints.;TbV;y|oVstfrpn^
whf&Mthe branches sp|l&' ih^ckcd^n wifjj' erfam^*?Each‘ braiicfia
PpmortsVa httle<fi)oxi!of crystal, in which the relics re IflpffSf
gSpl. ||The notched bar whihKruns across ■^Msuppdrting column
appears also toSLye^beenfl intended to -feld a box of other rfe?"]
Bpntacle to contain a relic, perhaps of larger» dimensions than those 1
whfili; were-placedin the other bokes
p |T he ink-case^represented in the margin of the present page, is I
curious}relic of the sanguinary wars- of|fpe Roses.. -There seems
little room for doubting that it belonged to Henry YI. ^.^AccprdipgU
Bpthe tra(3iti|^o6nnected with it, when that'unfortunate monarch
Wandered about! • Yorkshire seeking safety by concealment, after,
the fatal and. bloody battle, of Towton, he remained nine days at
Bolton Hall, near Gisburn. He was then on his wayttbf Wad-./
dington Hall, where he was discovered and, made a prisoner.«* ‘At j
Bolton Hall he left his boots, knife, fork, and |p | >m ?.'and ,at,-j
Haddington his inkhom. It came thence into' the pqsVeSsioxt' of
Edward Parker, 'Esq., of Brewsholme, and by his, descendant I
Thomas Lister ^Parker, Esq.jfgLt was giyen to the^' H,ohj% Robert/]
Curzon. This curious relic; of a monarch |||b was truly fitted
rather rfoil the pen than the sword, seems to .hayeVbeen one of ; (
the last,articles which he retained about MsS person,'after he had quitted both
his superfluous articles of clothing, and the knife, forgfand spoon,- .with which
he took his meals, and which princes and nobles SCejn constantly to have
carried about with them. There are few; more remarkable memorials of fallen
greatness, none which bring more forcibly to bur- minds- the amiable character