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Iks cartoon for tkis vork kas keen engraved b/ bl. Oorign/, L. Lepici6 and
otkers, and tks tapestry itself b/ O. Badran.
lTAs Lsr/s
One represents 8t. ^okn leaving Undock; tks apostle is embracing one
brotker, and tvo otkers are visking Kim good speed. On tke 1e5t six apostles are
standing near Lt. ?aul (-^.cts xiii.). In tks otker ve see Lt. ?anl teacking in a
s/nagogus (^Kcts xiii. xiv.); Ke stands on tks lekt explaining tke Lcriptures. ^.n
arabesque divides tks tvo groups; it is composed of tvo lions, in reference to
tks name of Leo X., and tke device of tke lVledici family; a ring vitk tkres
diamonds and tkres featkers. Lngraved b/ kietro Lanto Lartoli.
Ike upper part of tke coloured arabesques, voven on to one side of tke large
tapestry, represents tke bledici coat of arms, and tks lover part is a grotesque
ornament vitk several small figures.
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Li. ?LNN kNLLONINO LI
Lt. ?aul, standing on some steps in tks Areopagus, is preacking tks vord of
Ood to tks ^tkenians. ?kilosopkers of different sects stand bekind Kim, and
before Kim are seated several sopkists and men of tke people arguing togetker.
On tke left vs see Dionysius, tke ^.reopagite, and kis vile Oamaris coming up
tks steps, vitk faces full of earnest laitk; and in tke distance, on tke same side,
is tks status of lVlars in front of a round temple, vkick resembles in skape tks
ckapel erected b/ Lramants in tks cloister of Lt. l?istro in Nontorio at Lome.
Iks dravings for tkis tapestry kavs been engraved b/ lVlarc Antonio; and
tks cartoon b/ X. Oorign/, O. ^udran, and otkers less celebrated.
Iksre are four designs, separated b/ Hermes, beneatk tks tapestry above
described; tke/ are muck spoilt, and represent-
(s.) Iks apostle i?aul vorking at tent making ^cts xviii. z).
Laint ?aul, at Oorintk, ridiculed b/ tke ^sevs (^cts xviii. 6).
(r.) Laint ?aul lading kis kands on tke Oorintkian converts (-^cts xviii. 8).
Laint i?aul before Oallio.
kistro Lanto Lartoli kas produced etckings after all tkese subjects, but kas
alkxed vrong titles to all but one.
INL OkOOirLHON Ok I'lI.LS'ILK.
Iks coloured arabesques voven on to tke large tapestry represent—on tke
left, Hercules bearing tke celestial globe; and, on tks rigkt, tks Hours of tke
da/ or Apollo, and tke kgure of tke moon, vitk a clock vkick marks tke tvent/-
lour kours.
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LLINr ?LNN M l?NISO!^.
d^ks apostle is pra/ing in kis prison at kkilippi, vkilst tke foundations are
skaken b/ an eartkquaks, s/mbolicall/ represented b/ tke kalf-lengtk kgure of a