INSCRIPTION ON ANCIENT CHURCH PLATE

Mr. Editor,--Herewith I have the pleasure of sending you a tracing of the legend round a representation of St. Christopher, in a latten dish belonging to a friend of mine, and apparently very similar to the alms-basins described by CLERICUS in No. 3. The upper line--"In Frid gichwart der," written from right to left, is no doubt to be read thus: *Derin Frid gichwart*. The lower line contains the same words transposed, with the variation of "gehwart" for "gichwart." The words "gehwart" and "gichwart" being no doubt blunders of an illiterate artist. In Modern German the lines would be:-- Darin F…