INTRODUCTION.]

M [FIXER'S OPINION.

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A modification of Niebuhr's view was held by Otfried
Muller— that the later element in the Etruscan nation was

FIGURES ON ANCIENT BRONZES, FOUND IN THE TYROL.

from Lydia, yet composed not of natives, but of Tyrrhene-
Pelasgi who had settled on the coasts of Asia Minor; and that

Euganean inscription, found in 1835
in Wallachia. Micali, op. cit. p. 337 ;
BuU. Inst. 1843, p. 93. But at Castel
Vetro, near Modena, on the other hand,
a mirror of bronze has been found with
figures precisely in the same style as
those of Rhsetia, and apparently by the
same artist. Cayedoni, Ann. Inst. 1842.
p. 67 et seii- tav. d Agg. H.

In this northern district of Italy
many relics have been found which sub-
stantiate its recorded possession by the
Etruscans. At Castel Vetro, a number
of tombs have been opened with similar
furniture. BulL Inst. 1841. pp. 75—79;
Ann. Inst. loc. cit. At Marzabotta, 14
miles from Bologna, numerous bronzes

were discovered in 1839, extremely like
those from Monte Falterona, described
in this work ("Vol. II. p. 107). Micali,
Mon. Ined. p. 111, tav. XVIII. At Ve-
rona, at Ravenna, at Busca, near Alessan-
dria in Piedmont, and at Adria, genuine
Etruscan inscriptions have been found
(Lanzi. II. p. 649; Muller, I. pp. 140,
144, 164), and at the last-named place
painted vases of great beauty, like those
of Vulci and other cemeteries of Central
Etruria, have been brought to light in
abundance. Bull. Inst. 1834. pp. 135,
142 ; Micali, Mon. Ined. pp. 279—297,
tav. XLV, XIVI. A collection of them
is in the possession of Signor Bocchi
of Adria.

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