church is well known to our members, and though of less merit in design than most others, is particularly interesting from the remains of painted musical notes which are to be seen upon it. The shaft and base are octagonal, and ornamented with a pattern in colours. The desk is of peculiar con

struction, as will be best seen from the plate in Mr. Dawson Turner's Illustrations of Norfolk Topography. (Pref. p. xiv.) The upright back has four staves of music painted on it, with the versicle, "Gloria tibi, Domine, qui natus es de origine, cum Patre, Sancti spiritu, in sepilna secula. Amen." On the front is painted an eagle, with a scroll in its mouth,—“ In principio erat verbum." This Lectern is a very curious example, and deserves careful preservation.

Another good specimen of a Lectern of the fifteenth century remains in Scole church, near Diss, and has also been engraved in the Instrumenta Ecclesiastica. It consists of an octagonal stem without a capital, on a square base, having a spreading leaf carved at each angle, and supporting a plain desk. It is a simple and valuable model for imitation. A fourth exists in the church of St. Michael at Thorn, Norwich, and has been engraved in the Norwich volume of the Archæological Institute. The stem is octagonal, with moulded base and capital of the same form; the ridge of the desk has a cresting of foliage, and the end is pierced. with a quatrefoil.

In Redenhall church there are two very interesting examples of Lecterns. One is a large and fine one of brass, the desk being in the form of a double-headed eagle. The shaft is elaborately moulded, and supported on lions. It is said that this Lectern was found in cleaning out a moat on the Gawdy Hall estate, in the parish. Its date is of the fifteenth century. The other is a curious wooden one, probably not earlier than about 1500. The desk is supported on a circular banded shaft, and the base is square, having at each angle a toad or frog in a squatting attitude.