Minutes of meeting, 14 December 1786
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SAL/02/021/035
Title
Minutes of meeting, 14 December 1786
Date
14/12/1786
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Item
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Grim Johnson Thorkelin, Royal Professor of Antiquities at Copenhagen is proposed for Honorary Membership.
Professor Thorkelin presented “Dania et Norwegia in Sigilis Sec. XIII redivia ex-Legat Arna Magnaeans” and engraved impressions of two curious Danish horns.
William Bray read Mr. Willis’s account of the obsolete Office of Purveyors of the King’s Household.
Mr Sanders, Draughtsman to the Society, exhibited 8 drawings of Saxon architecture produced by Mr William Wilkins, Architect, chiefly from Norwich Cathedral.
Seals belonging to Sweden and Denmark from the 13th century were engraved and presented.
Professor Thorkelin presented “Dania et Norwegia in Sigilis Sec. XIII redivia ex-Legat Arna Magnaeans” and engraved impressions of two curious Danish horns.
William Bray read Mr. Willis’s account of the obsolete Office of Purveyors of the King’s Household.
Mr Sanders, Draughtsman to the Society, exhibited 8 drawings of Saxon architecture produced by Mr William Wilkins, Architect, chiefly from Norwich Cathedral.
Seals belonging to Sweden and Denmark from the 13th century were engraved and presented.
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Society of Antiquaries of London
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