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7. Is it known what became of the "Holy Cross" or "Black Rood" at the
dissolution of Durham Priory?
P.A.F.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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MINOR QUERIES.
_Trogus Pompeius._--In Hannay and Dietrichsen's _Almanuck for the Year_
1849, I find the following statement under the head of "Remarkable
Occurrences of the Year 1847:"--
"July 21. A portion of the history of Trogus Pompeius (the
author abridged by Justin) is discovered in the library of
Ossolinski at Berlin."
Not having noticed any contemporary account of this occurrence, I should
be glad of any information respecting the nature and extent of the
discovery.
E.L.N.
_Mortuary Stanzas._--Could any of your readers supply me with
information respecting the practice of appending mortuary stanzas to the
yearly bills of mortality, published in many parishes; whether there are
any extant specimens of such stanzas besides those memorable poems of
Cowper written for the parish clerk of Northampton; and whether, also,
the practice is still kept up in any parts of the country?
[Greek: Philopatris].
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