Excerpt from Catalogue of Mediaeval Later Antiquities Contained in the Mayer Museum: Including the Mather Collection of Miniatures and Medals Relating to the Bonaparte Family Many of the objects here catalogued have been previously described in print, some of them in the Catalogue of Mr. Mayer's Colquitt Street Museum- and others in the two Catalogues of the Mather Collection, one published by Mr. Mayer in 1855, the other by the Library and Museum Committee in 1874. Descriptions of many of the ivory carvings will be found in Mr. Pulsky's Catalogue of the Fejrvary Ivories, and in the works of Mr. Maskell and Professor Westwood. Besides these, there are many illustrations of, and allusions to, these objects scattered about in various archaeological works, especially in the publications of the English archreological societies. These the writer has now attempted to gather into this Catalogue, together with many other matters never before published. This material forms a considerable mass of archreological information, but the subjects are too disconnected to be placed in any consecutive series; it has therefore been thought advisable to give to each group its own explanatory introduction. Nearly all the manuscripts, ivories, enamels, and miniatures came with the rest of Mr. Mayer's gift in 1867;but most of the Venetian and other glass has been recently purchased out of the Mayer Museum Duplicate Fund. The Mather Collection was left to the city in 1872, by the late Mr. John Mather, who obtained it in the first instance by purchase from Mr. Mayer. The collection of French Revolution badges and medals was purchased in 1870. This Catalogue does not mention every object in each department, but only such as are typical or special. There is a running number throughout the Catalogue, placed at the commencement of each description, and a similar series will be found attached to the objects in the cases; the number at the end of each description is the Museum registration number. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to the sphere of natural history in relation to museums. Similarly, Acland and Ruskin discuss and explore the relationships of art and architecture to museums.