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Ivories in Italy.
381
Murano (near Venice). Church of St. Michael.
Seven ivory plaques, fculptured in relief, containing eight fubje&s, murano.
reprefenting Chrift feated in the midft of His difciples; His miracles church
and fubieas taken from the Old Teftament. End of 4th century.
J· ' MICHAEL.
Ivory plaque, formerly ufed as a book cover, carved with fymbolical
fubjedts. 8th century.
The plaque formerly in the Convent of Murano, figured by
Gorius, Thes. Dipt. iii. p. 69, is now in the Vatican Mufeum. See
ante, p. 54, and p. 345, Ivories of Vatican.
Labarte, Hift. d. Arts Induftr., vol. i. text.; Texier, Diaionn.
Orfevr. Chret. (Art. Couvertures, &c.) ; Martigny, Diaionn. Antiq.
Chret. (Art. L'Enfant Jefus).
Ponzoni.
In the work of the Abbe Antonio Dragoni, publifhed at Parma, 4to., ponzoni.
1810, entitled " Sul dittico eburneo de Santi Martiri Teodoro ed Acacio
efiftente nel Mufeo ala Ponzoni," are defcribed and figured the two
leaves of an early diptych having quite the character of one of the Con-
fular diptychs. On one leaf is reprefented a male faint, with a plain
circular nimbus, ftanding erea, with arms raifed and hands open in the
attitude of the “ Orantes," clad in a long robe (on which is the large
laticlavus) faftened on the right ihoulder with a large fibula, the feet
with fandals. He is reprefented ftanding, with a large fcallop fhell above
his head, beneath a rounded arch, infcribed, + O AFIOC AKAK6IC+,
refting on two lateral columns, the bafal halves of which are longitudi-
nally and the upper fpirally fluted, with plain capitals. Over the arch is
abuft of Chrift, and thofe of two male figures. The other leaf is quite
fimilar, except that the ftanding figure has a fmall conical beard; the
arch is infcribed, CD ΑΓΙΟ© Θ60Δ0Ρ0Ο, and above the arch are bufts of
the Virgin Mary and two angels.
The following fupplemental notes contain chiefly Bibliographical refe-
rences to works in which Ivory Sculptures exifling in Italian Collections
are defcribed :—
Rome. Vatican.
Conf Labarte, Hiftoire des Art Induftr., vol. i. text.; Didron, An- rome.
nales Archeol. Art., Iconographie de la Croix, &c., vol. xxvi., p. 43; VATICAN.
381
Murano (near Venice). Church of St. Michael.
Seven ivory plaques, fculptured in relief, containing eight fubje&s, murano.
reprefenting Chrift feated in the midft of His difciples; His miracles church
and fubieas taken from the Old Teftament. End of 4th century.
J· ' MICHAEL.
Ivory plaque, formerly ufed as a book cover, carved with fymbolical
fubjedts. 8th century.
The plaque formerly in the Convent of Murano, figured by
Gorius, Thes. Dipt. iii. p. 69, is now in the Vatican Mufeum. See
ante, p. 54, and p. 345, Ivories of Vatican.
Labarte, Hift. d. Arts Induftr., vol. i. text.; Texier, Diaionn.
Orfevr. Chret. (Art. Couvertures, &c.) ; Martigny, Diaionn. Antiq.
Chret. (Art. L'Enfant Jefus).
Ponzoni.
In the work of the Abbe Antonio Dragoni, publifhed at Parma, 4to., ponzoni.
1810, entitled " Sul dittico eburneo de Santi Martiri Teodoro ed Acacio
efiftente nel Mufeo ala Ponzoni," are defcribed and figured the two
leaves of an early diptych having quite the character of one of the Con-
fular diptychs. On one leaf is reprefented a male faint, with a plain
circular nimbus, ftanding erea, with arms raifed and hands open in the
attitude of the “ Orantes," clad in a long robe (on which is the large
laticlavus) faftened on the right ihoulder with a large fibula, the feet
with fandals. He is reprefented ftanding, with a large fcallop fhell above
his head, beneath a rounded arch, infcribed, + O AFIOC AKAK6IC+,
refting on two lateral columns, the bafal halves of which are longitudi-
nally and the upper fpirally fluted, with plain capitals. Over the arch is
abuft of Chrift, and thofe of two male figures. The other leaf is quite
fimilar, except that the ftanding figure has a fmall conical beard; the
arch is infcribed, CD ΑΓΙΟ© Θ60Δ0Ρ0Ο, and above the arch are bufts of
the Virgin Mary and two angels.
The following fupplemental notes contain chiefly Bibliographical refe-
rences to works in which Ivory Sculptures exifling in Italian Collections
are defcribed :—
Rome. Vatican.
Conf Labarte, Hiftoire des Art Induftr., vol. i. text.; Didron, An- rome.
nales Archeol. Art., Iconographie de la Croix, &c., vol. xxvi., p. 43; VATICAN.