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64 FiFhle Ivor, Cafls.
Figured, Didron, Annales Arch., vol. XVIII. p. 33, and tab.
annex.; Labarte, Hift. Arts Induftr., Album, pl. iv.; Simelli's
Chriftian Photographs, No. 123, “ Provenant de Ravenne," according
to Monfignor Χ. Barbier de Montault (Cat. Expos. Rome, p. 12),
and mifftated by him to be in the " Mufee d'Oxford ;" Brit. Mus.
Photogr., Nos. 889 and 928. ,46.)
58. 165.
PLAQUE. Part of Caiket? Byzantine. 6th-ioth cen-
tury. Original in the Douce Collection (Meyrick).
H. 2| in., W. II in.
To the left, the creation of Adam. The buft of the Creator (as a
middle-aged man), with a cruciferous nimbus, refting upon a circular
difc, infcribed IC·XC, ftretching out His right hand to the head of
Adam, lying naked at full length on the ground; above is infcribed
ΑΔΑΜ Ο ΠΡΟΤΟΠΛΑΟΤΟ. To the right, the creation of Eve, Adam
naked, again lying afleep at full length on the ground ; Eve, half emerged
out of his fide, raifing her hands towards the hand of God coming out
of a cloud in the upper angle of the piece, infcribed ΑΔΑΜ TRNOCAC
EVA ΕΗΙΑΘΕΝ EK TIC ΠΛΕΒΡΑ ΑΤΤΟΤ. (Adam fleeping, Eve emerges
out of his fide. Note the ufe of the B for Τ in the word ΠΑΕΒΡΑ.)
In the middle, Cain honing Abel, who has fallen to the ground,
infcribed KAN ΦΟΝΕΤ TON ΑΒΕΑ. (Cain kills Abel.)
Formerly in the BarufFaldi Cabinet at Ferrara, fince of Mr. Douce.
Figured, Gorius, Thes. Dipt., II. 161, and vol. IV., ad cap. pref. ;
D'Agincourt, Sculpture, pl. xii. fig. 1.; and partly, Didron, Iconogr.
de Dieu, p. 178, fig. 48 ; Lacroix, Vie Milit. et Relig. ,47.)
'65. 102.
PANEL. Byzantine? Carlovingian ? yth-pth century.
Original in the Treafury of the Cathedral of Treves.
H. 5^ in., W. io| in.
The arrival of the holy coat and other relics at the cathedral of
Treves, and their reception there by the Emprefs Helena. To the
right is feen the cathedral, a fquare building with a fide aide and a femi-
detached rounded apfe ; on the roof are feveral fpedators. At the
door of the church hands St. Helena in gorgeous Byzantine robes,
Figured, Didron, Annales Arch., vol. XVIII. p. 33, and tab.
annex.; Labarte, Hift. Arts Induftr., Album, pl. iv.; Simelli's
Chriftian Photographs, No. 123, “ Provenant de Ravenne," according
to Monfignor Χ. Barbier de Montault (Cat. Expos. Rome, p. 12),
and mifftated by him to be in the " Mufee d'Oxford ;" Brit. Mus.
Photogr., Nos. 889 and 928. ,46.)
58. 165.
PLAQUE. Part of Caiket? Byzantine. 6th-ioth cen-
tury. Original in the Douce Collection (Meyrick).
H. 2| in., W. II in.
To the left, the creation of Adam. The buft of the Creator (as a
middle-aged man), with a cruciferous nimbus, refting upon a circular
difc, infcribed IC·XC, ftretching out His right hand to the head of
Adam, lying naked at full length on the ground; above is infcribed
ΑΔΑΜ Ο ΠΡΟΤΟΠΛΑΟΤΟ. To the right, the creation of Eve, Adam
naked, again lying afleep at full length on the ground ; Eve, half emerged
out of his fide, raifing her hands towards the hand of God coming out
of a cloud in the upper angle of the piece, infcribed ΑΔΑΜ TRNOCAC
EVA ΕΗΙΑΘΕΝ EK TIC ΠΛΕΒΡΑ ΑΤΤΟΤ. (Adam fleeping, Eve emerges
out of his fide. Note the ufe of the B for Τ in the word ΠΑΕΒΡΑ.)
In the middle, Cain honing Abel, who has fallen to the ground,
infcribed KAN ΦΟΝΕΤ TON ΑΒΕΑ. (Cain kills Abel.)
Formerly in the BarufFaldi Cabinet at Ferrara, fince of Mr. Douce.
Figured, Gorius, Thes. Dipt., II. 161, and vol. IV., ad cap. pref. ;
D'Agincourt, Sculpture, pl. xii. fig. 1.; and partly, Didron, Iconogr.
de Dieu, p. 178, fig. 48 ; Lacroix, Vie Milit. et Relig. ,47.)
'65. 102.
PANEL. Byzantine? Carlovingian ? yth-pth century.
Original in the Treafury of the Cathedral of Treves.
H. 5^ in., W. io| in.
The arrival of the holy coat and other relics at the cathedral of
Treves, and their reception there by the Emprefs Helena. To the
right is feen the cathedral, a fquare building with a fide aide and a femi-
detached rounded apfe ; on the roof are feveral fpedators. At the
door of the church hands St. Helena in gorgeous Byzantine robes,