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32 Fi^ile Ivory Cafts.
A fecond Egyptian bearing a bow, and a third riding upon a well
defigned camel, a fecond camel appearing in the background. This
defign is carved within a funk panel, the figures being much fmaller and
better defigned than thofe in the two pieces Nos. 88 and 89. (85.)
'6$. 98. H.51 in., W. 6| in.
The meeting of Jofeph and Jacob. Here Jacob, old, blind, with
long flowing hair and beard, is fallen into the arms of his fon Jofeph,
who is crowned with a jewelled coronet, and who throws his arms round
his father's fhoulders ; to the right ftand three of the fons of Jacob in
fhaggy coats, holding their ihepherds' crooks and upraifed hands, and to
the left, behind Jofeph, ftand four warriors clad in helmets, holding
fpears and fwords. A large circular fhield is alfo on the ground behind
Jofeph. The defigns of this and the preceding piece are full of life,
the execution bold and the draperies well arranged, although this is
apparently by a different hand. (86)
'6g. 99. H. 18 in., W. 3^ in.
One of the upright bars of the epifcopal ivory chair of the Cathedral
of Ravenna, containing the reprefentation of a branch of a vine fpringing
from a vafe, arranged fo as to form a beautiful branching and foliated
fcroll with bunches of grapes, and with admirably executed figures of a
lion, flag, goat, and peacock within the fcrolls. (87.)
'6g. 100. H. 8^ in., W. 5 in.
Above is an angel, with outftretched right hand, the firft, fecond, and
fourth fingers extended, and with a long rod in the left hand, appearing
in a dream to the fleeping Jofeph reclining on a large mattrefs-like bed
(St. Matth. i. v. 20, not ii. v. 13). Below, the fame angel is holding
the bridle of an afs, on which is feated the Virgin, refting her right arm
on the ihoulder of Jofeph, who walks by her fide holding her with his
hands round the waift. This has ftrangely been fuppofed by the editor
of the third volume of Gorius to be an anachronifm, and to reprefent the
flight into Egypt without the infant Saviour, efpecially taken in conjunc-
tion with the vifion of the angel to Jofeph reprefented above, but it is
impoffible to notice the figure of the Virgin without being convinced
that it is intended here to reprefent the journey of Jofeph and Mary to
Bethlehem juft previous to the birth of Chrift. The head and hair of
the Virgin are treated exactly as in the Berlin tablet, pffl No. 111,
whilft the head of Jofeph as completely reprefents the head of St. Peter
with its ftrongly marked forehead and ihort curly beard feen in the
companion Berlin piece, pofi No. 110. At the top and bottom of this
A fecond Egyptian bearing a bow, and a third riding upon a well
defigned camel, a fecond camel appearing in the background. This
defign is carved within a funk panel, the figures being much fmaller and
better defigned than thofe in the two pieces Nos. 88 and 89. (85.)
'6$. 98. H.51 in., W. 6| in.
The meeting of Jofeph and Jacob. Here Jacob, old, blind, with
long flowing hair and beard, is fallen into the arms of his fon Jofeph,
who is crowned with a jewelled coronet, and who throws his arms round
his father's fhoulders ; to the right ftand three of the fons of Jacob in
fhaggy coats, holding their ihepherds' crooks and upraifed hands, and to
the left, behind Jofeph, ftand four warriors clad in helmets, holding
fpears and fwords. A large circular fhield is alfo on the ground behind
Jofeph. The defigns of this and the preceding piece are full of life,
the execution bold and the draperies well arranged, although this is
apparently by a different hand. (86)
'6g. 99. H. 18 in., W. 3^ in.
One of the upright bars of the epifcopal ivory chair of the Cathedral
of Ravenna, containing the reprefentation of a branch of a vine fpringing
from a vafe, arranged fo as to form a beautiful branching and foliated
fcroll with bunches of grapes, and with admirably executed figures of a
lion, flag, goat, and peacock within the fcrolls. (87.)
'6g. 100. H. 8^ in., W. 5 in.
Above is an angel, with outftretched right hand, the firft, fecond, and
fourth fingers extended, and with a long rod in the left hand, appearing
in a dream to the fleeping Jofeph reclining on a large mattrefs-like bed
(St. Matth. i. v. 20, not ii. v. 13). Below, the fame angel is holding
the bridle of an afs, on which is feated the Virgin, refting her right arm
on the ihoulder of Jofeph, who walks by her fide holding her with his
hands round the waift. This has ftrangely been fuppofed by the editor
of the third volume of Gorius to be an anachronifm, and to reprefent the
flight into Egypt without the infant Saviour, efpecially taken in conjunc-
tion with the vifion of the angel to Jofeph reprefented above, but it is
impoffible to notice the figure of the Virgin without being convinced
that it is intended here to reprefent the journey of Jofeph and Mary to
Bethlehem juft previous to the birth of Chrift. The head and hair of
the Virgin are treated exactly as in the Berlin tablet, pffl No. 111,
whilft the head of Jofeph as completely reprefents the head of St. Peter
with its ftrongly marked forehead and ihort curly beard feen in the
companion Berlin piece, pofi No. 110. At the top and bottom of this