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526 ROME. [chap. lix.
sepulchral monuments in stone, bearing Etruscan inscrip-
tions. One is in the shape of a house or temple, with
a moulded door, as on' the tombs of Castel d' Asso.
Another, a cippus, bears the name of " Spurina" in the
native character ; the name of the haruspex, be it remem-
bered, who warned Caesar of the ides of March. On the
wall hang some remarkable reliefs in bronze, found at
Bomarzo, representing sacrifices, and the combat of the
gods with the giants, in a very rude and primitive style
of art.9
The large chamber beyond is hung with paintings,
copies on canvass of those on the walls of the tombs of
Tarquinii and Vulci, and duplicates of those in the British
Museum. For descriptions I must refer the reader to
previous chapters ; I can only here point out, for his
guidance, the order in which the paintings are arranged.
Beginning from his right hand, on entering, they take the
following order.
Camera del Morto, Tarquinii.1
Grotta delle Bighe, or Grotta Stackelberg, Tarquinii.2
Grotta Querciola, Tarquinii.3
Grotta delle Iscfizioni, Tarquinii.4
Grotta del Triclinio, or Grotta Marzi, Tarquinii.5
Grotta del Barone, or Grotta del Ministro, Tarquinii.6
The painted tomb at Vulci.7
All the paintings from Tarquinii are still to be seen
on that site, though not in so perfect a state as they
are here represented. But the tomb of Vulci is utterly
destroyed.8
9 Mus. Gregor. I. tav. XXXIX. 4—6. 5 Vol. I. pp. 288—298.
1 Vol. I. pp. 298—302. 6 Vol. I. pp. 329—332.
2 Vol. I. pp. 324—328. ? Vol. I. pp. 409, 428—9.
3 Vol I. pp. 281—288. Only a part 8 These paintings are of the size of
of the scenes in this tomb is shown. the original frescoes, and not incorrect
* Vol. I. pp. 338—343. fa outline ; but much too hard in the
sepulchral monuments in stone, bearing Etruscan inscrip-
tions. One is in the shape of a house or temple, with
a moulded door, as on' the tombs of Castel d' Asso.
Another, a cippus, bears the name of " Spurina" in the
native character ; the name of the haruspex, be it remem-
bered, who warned Caesar of the ides of March. On the
wall hang some remarkable reliefs in bronze, found at
Bomarzo, representing sacrifices, and the combat of the
gods with the giants, in a very rude and primitive style
of art.9
The large chamber beyond is hung with paintings,
copies on canvass of those on the walls of the tombs of
Tarquinii and Vulci, and duplicates of those in the British
Museum. For descriptions I must refer the reader to
previous chapters ; I can only here point out, for his
guidance, the order in which the paintings are arranged.
Beginning from his right hand, on entering, they take the
following order.
Camera del Morto, Tarquinii.1
Grotta delle Bighe, or Grotta Stackelberg, Tarquinii.2
Grotta Querciola, Tarquinii.3
Grotta delle Iscfizioni, Tarquinii.4
Grotta del Triclinio, or Grotta Marzi, Tarquinii.5
Grotta del Barone, or Grotta del Ministro, Tarquinii.6
The painted tomb at Vulci.7
All the paintings from Tarquinii are still to be seen
on that site, though not in so perfect a state as they
are here represented. But the tomb of Vulci is utterly
destroyed.8
9 Mus. Gregor. I. tav. XXXIX. 4—6. 5 Vol. I. pp. 288—298.
1 Vol. I. pp. 298—302. 6 Vol. I. pp. 329—332.
2 Vol. I. pp. 324—328. ? Vol. I. pp. 409, 428—9.
3 Vol I. pp. 281—288. Only a part 8 These paintings are of the size of
of the scenes in this tomb is shown. the original frescoes, and not incorrect
* Vol. I. pp. 338—343. fa outline ; but much too hard in the