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CHAP. VI.]
BACCIO BALDINI.
399
21. xaccheria profeta. First verse: Chostui sara quella, &c.
22. Malacchia profeta. First verse : Echo che vien di tutti, &c.
23. Jesue profeta. First verse: O re de re o signor, &c.
24. Isaia profeta. First verse: Eccho la vergin, &c.
I have no doubt whatever that the two following pieces which,
as has been said, are in the collection of the British Museum, belong
to the above series; and that they were placed, very properly, at
the end, as descriptive of the completion of the ancient prophecies
in the birth of Christ. When bound in a volume, and placed op-
posite each other, these two pieces would constitute, as it were, one
composition.
The first piece, which, under the above supposition, was intended
to be placed on the left-hand, represents the Madonna, who is
kneeling on the ground, and turned towards the right. She has
a glory of an oval form over her head; and before her, on the
ground, is the divine infant, who has a circular diadem, or glory,
round his head, and is moreover entirely surrounded by rays, or
flames, which appear to descend upon him from a star, placed
immediately over him in the sky. Behind the infant, on the right,
are seen the ox and the ass; and on the left, behind the virgin, is
part of the hovel rising up to the top of the print. There is no
inscription or title at the upper part of this piece; but there are
eight verses, as in the prints of the prophets, at bottom. The two
first are as follow :—
ave fidele ischorta de mortali
pelsantoparto digesu tuo figlio.
The other represents Joseph, and bears, on a scroll at top, this
title : Juseppo. Joseph is seated on the ground, and is turned
towards the left. He extends his right-hand, as if he were pointing-
out the infant to the shepherds, although none appear, and, with
his left-hand, holds his mantle over his bosom. On the left of the
BACCIO BALDINI.
399
21. xaccheria profeta. First verse: Chostui sara quella, &c.
22. Malacchia profeta. First verse : Echo che vien di tutti, &c.
23. Jesue profeta. First verse: O re de re o signor, &c.
24. Isaia profeta. First verse: Eccho la vergin, &c.
I have no doubt whatever that the two following pieces which,
as has been said, are in the collection of the British Museum, belong
to the above series; and that they were placed, very properly, at
the end, as descriptive of the completion of the ancient prophecies
in the birth of Christ. When bound in a volume, and placed op-
posite each other, these two pieces would constitute, as it were, one
composition.
The first piece, which, under the above supposition, was intended
to be placed on the left-hand, represents the Madonna, who is
kneeling on the ground, and turned towards the right. She has
a glory of an oval form over her head; and before her, on the
ground, is the divine infant, who has a circular diadem, or glory,
round his head, and is moreover entirely surrounded by rays, or
flames, which appear to descend upon him from a star, placed
immediately over him in the sky. Behind the infant, on the right,
are seen the ox and the ass; and on the left, behind the virgin, is
part of the hovel rising up to the top of the print. There is no
inscription or title at the upper part of this piece; but there are
eight verses, as in the prints of the prophets, at bottom. The two
first are as follow :—
ave fidele ischorta de mortali
pelsantoparto digesu tuo figlio.
The other represents Joseph, and bears, on a scroll at top, this
title : Juseppo. Joseph is seated on the ground, and is turned
towards the left. He extends his right-hand, as if he were pointing-
out the infant to the shepherds, although none appear, and, with
his left-hand, holds his mantle over his bosom. On the left of the