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Pre-Gothic and Rhenifo Ivories. 135
9. The biihop giving the confecrated bread to a prieft with his left
hand, whilft he extends his right hand to be kiffed by him.
Figured, Le Normant, ut fupra, pl. 19.
The execution of thefe 18 plaques is rude, but the feries is highly
valuable both in an ecclefiological and architectural point of view.
(296.)
'73# 85.
BOOK COVER. Rhenifh Byzantine. 8th-ioth century.
Original in the Public Mufeum, Cologne. Central
plaque, H. 8f in., W. 5^ in.
Chrift feated, middle-aged, with a ihort beard and cruciferous
nimbus, holding a book in His left hand, the right raifed to His breaft in
the aft of benediction, with the firft and fecond fingers extended. His
feet reft on a footftool, beneath which is a fquare device with a rofette in
the centre, from the four fides of which iffue wavy ribbons, intended to
reprefent a central fountain and the four rivers of Paradife, infcribed
FISON, TIGRIS (the G of the angulated form), EVFRAT9 (the
V and F conjoined, the fecond ftroke of the V forming the upright
ftroke of the F), and GEON (the G again of the angular form). At
each fide are four difciples feated one above another, and at the bottom
of the piece are four others, moft with one of the hands raifed, the
only attempt at individualifm being the tonfure of the figure at the top
on the right (evidently intended for St. Peter) and the conical beard of
the top left-hand figure as evidently reprefenting St. Paul.
The defign is rude and the execution poor.
Figured, Bock. d. Heilige Coln, pl. 47.
(297.)
66. 44.
FRONT of Book Cover. Rhenifh Byzantine? 9th or
loth century. Original in the Royal Library, Munich.
H. II in., W. 6 in.
Three compartments. At the bottom, the Crucifixion of the Saviour
and two thieves. Chrift, of larger fize than the other figures, is beard-
lefs, with a cruciferous nimbus and a napkin round His loins, His feet
refting apart on a fcabellum, at each fide the Virgin and St. John weep-
ing. The thieves are reprefented with their arms thrown over the
tranfverfe top of the crofs, and above each is a femicircular compartment
9. The biihop giving the confecrated bread to a prieft with his left
hand, whilft he extends his right hand to be kiffed by him.
Figured, Le Normant, ut fupra, pl. 19.
The execution of thefe 18 plaques is rude, but the feries is highly
valuable both in an ecclefiological and architectural point of view.
(296.)
'73# 85.
BOOK COVER. Rhenifh Byzantine. 8th-ioth century.
Original in the Public Mufeum, Cologne. Central
plaque, H. 8f in., W. 5^ in.
Chrift feated, middle-aged, with a ihort beard and cruciferous
nimbus, holding a book in His left hand, the right raifed to His breaft in
the aft of benediction, with the firft and fecond fingers extended. His
feet reft on a footftool, beneath which is a fquare device with a rofette in
the centre, from the four fides of which iffue wavy ribbons, intended to
reprefent a central fountain and the four rivers of Paradife, infcribed
FISON, TIGRIS (the G of the angulated form), EVFRAT9 (the
V and F conjoined, the fecond ftroke of the V forming the upright
ftroke of the F), and GEON (the G again of the angular form). At
each fide are four difciples feated one above another, and at the bottom
of the piece are four others, moft with one of the hands raifed, the
only attempt at individualifm being the tonfure of the figure at the top
on the right (evidently intended for St. Peter) and the conical beard of
the top left-hand figure as evidently reprefenting St. Paul.
The defign is rude and the execution poor.
Figured, Bock. d. Heilige Coln, pl. 47.
(297.)
66. 44.
FRONT of Book Cover. Rhenifh Byzantine? 9th or
loth century. Original in the Royal Library, Munich.
H. II in., W. 6 in.
Three compartments. At the bottom, the Crucifixion of the Saviour
and two thieves. Chrift, of larger fize than the other figures, is beard-
lefs, with a cruciferous nimbus and a napkin round His loins, His feet
refting apart on a fcabellum, at each fide the Virgin and St. John weep-
ing. The thieves are reprefented with their arms thrown over the
tranfverfe top of the crofs, and above each is a femicircular compartment