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Pre-Gothic and Rhenifo Ivories. 173
The Saviour of the juvenile type, young and beardlefs, with a
cruciferous nimbus, feated on a rainbow; within a large oval vefica
pifcis pointed at top and bottom, the outline of which, nearly an inch
broad, is ornamented with a branching arabefque with foliage. The
right hand of the Saviour is raifed in the aft of benediction, with the
firft and fecond fingers extended, and the left hand holds an open book.
In the angles on the outfide of the border of the vefica are rudely fculp-
tured delineations of the four winged and nimbed evangelical fymbols,
namely, the angel with a label infcribed MATHEU^, the lion with the
label incorrectly infcribed LVCA9, the bull MARCV9, and the eagle
IOHANN.
(386.)
FOUR Small Plaques. The four Evangelifts. French ?
12th century. Originals in the South Kenfington Mufeum,
No. 248. '67. (Mafkell Cat., p. 97.) Each, H. i| in.,
W. I in.
Probably fixed originally at the corners of the front of a gofpel book.
Each little plaque contains an admirably defigned figure of one of the
four evangelifts writing, mending his pen or dipping it into his ink-pot.
(387.)
'55- 76·
in two compartments. The
Crofs and Lying before the
EVOTIONAL Plaque
Depofition from the
Sepulchre. German. 12th or 13th century. Original in the
collection of Rhode Hawkins, Efq. H. 6^ in., W. 4 in.
Two compartments, the figures very deeply carved, being in many
parts in complete relief. Above, the defcent from the crofs. The
emaciated body of the Saviour is dill nearly ereCt with the head fallen
on the right fhoulder, fhort beard, long flowing hair, drapery round the
loins, feet apart on a fcabellum. Jofeph of Arimathea handing on a
ftool raifes his hands towards the right arm of Chrift, whilft an atten-
dant mounted on a fmall double ladder draws the nail out of the left
hand with a pair of pincers. Another attendant kneels down to extraCt
the nail from one foot. The Virgin, St. John, and another figure
The Saviour of the juvenile type, young and beardlefs, with a
cruciferous nimbus, feated on a rainbow; within a large oval vefica
pifcis pointed at top and bottom, the outline of which, nearly an inch
broad, is ornamented with a branching arabefque with foliage. The
right hand of the Saviour is raifed in the aft of benediction, with the
firft and fecond fingers extended, and the left hand holds an open book.
In the angles on the outfide of the border of the vefica are rudely fculp-
tured delineations of the four winged and nimbed evangelical fymbols,
namely, the angel with a label infcribed MATHEU^, the lion with the
label incorrectly infcribed LVCA9, the bull MARCV9, and the eagle
IOHANN.
(386.)
FOUR Small Plaques. The four Evangelifts. French ?
12th century. Originals in the South Kenfington Mufeum,
No. 248. '67. (Mafkell Cat., p. 97.) Each, H. i| in.,
W. I in.
Probably fixed originally at the corners of the front of a gofpel book.
Each little plaque contains an admirably defigned figure of one of the
four evangelifts writing, mending his pen or dipping it into his ink-pot.
(387.)
'55- 76·
in two compartments. The
Crofs and Lying before the
EVOTIONAL Plaque
Depofition from the
Sepulchre. German. 12th or 13th century. Original in the
collection of Rhode Hawkins, Efq. H. 6^ in., W. 4 in.
Two compartments, the figures very deeply carved, being in many
parts in complete relief. Above, the defcent from the crofs. The
emaciated body of the Saviour is dill nearly ereCt with the head fallen
on the right fhoulder, fhort beard, long flowing hair, drapery round the
loins, feet apart on a fcabellum. Jofeph of Arimathea handing on a
ftool raifes his hands towards the right arm of Chrift, whilft an atten-
dant mounted on a fmall double ladder draws the nail out of the left
hand with a pair of pincers. Another attendant kneels down to extraCt
the nail from one foot. The Virgin, St. John, and another figure