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Illuminations of the Ninth Century.
Illuminations from a MS., in the Library of S. Paul,
c. a.d. 800. 3298
Balaam and his ass stopped in the way by an angel., The story of the
conspiracy and destruction of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. The plague
stayed.
Illuminations from a MS. in the Library of S. Paul,
c. a.d. 800. 3299
Moses blessing the assembled people of Israel, and the death of Moses
in Mount Abarim.
Illuminations from a MS. in the Library of S.Paul,
c. a.d. 800. 3300
The entry of Antiochus and the Maccabees into Jerusalem, the expolia-
tion of the Temple, the order for the Jews to worship Idols, and the
uprising of Mattathias and the Jews.
These complete the Set; for the others, see Nos. 2712—2720.

CORRECTION.
Inscription from the Church of S. Stephen, near the Painted
Tombs on the Via Latina, two miles from Rome. 2101
This inscription is broken into two parts; the upper part had not been
found when the photograph was taken. The Bishop of Limerick ob-
tained an impression of it, and when the two parts are put together,
it reads thus :—•
[in honokem] Stephani Primi S. Martiri Ego Lupo grigarius [eccle-
siae] campanam (?) [campanarium ?] expensis meis feci tempore
Domini Sergii ter bea[ti]ssimi et coangelicofrum] junioris Pape.
Amen.
The words between brackets are probable conjectures only.
Sergius I. was Pope a.d. 687—701.
' I Lupo Gregoriusa (or gregarius = a soldier (?) in church militant) con-
structed the bell (?), or belfry (?), in honour of S. Stephen the proto-martyr,
in the time of our lord Sergius thrice blessed, and junior of his co-angelsb,
Pope A. M.”
a Gregarius Miles. b Youngest of his fellow angels (i.e. lately dead).