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Appendix.
AIX-LA- The fix ivory carvings in very high relief affixed to the filver pulpit
Chapelle. jn the cathedral, of which cafts are defcribed above, p. 8, Nos. 28-22.
CATHE-·· ·
dral A Byzantine ivory carving on the cover of a copy of the gofpels
preferved in the facrifty. A half-length figure of the Virgin and Child,
furrounded by chafed filver-gilt plates reprefenting the Birth, Death,
Refurre&ion, and Afcenfion of Chrift. On the back of the cover is
another Byzantine ivory carving containing the bufts of four faints ; fur-
rounded with chafings of the four Evangelifts feated and writing.
Cafts defcribed above, pp. 86, 87, Nos. 192, 193. Figured, Aus'm
Weerth, Kunft Denkm. Rheinl. pl. 33.
An ivory fitula richly decorated with about feventy precious ftones,
8 in. high, with two rows of figures of a king, ecclefiaftics, and warriors.
Cafts defcribed above, pp. 267, 268.
Two leaves of a diptych, each 12 in. by 5 in., containing three fcenes
of the life of Chrift, the Laft Supper, the journey to Emmaus, Chrift
bleffing the Apoftles, the incredulity of St. Thomas, &c., each fcene
furrounded with foliated borders. Cafts defcribed above, p. 122, Nos.
272, 273.
Carlovingian fceptre. 9th century. Defcribed above, p. 102,
No. 235.
The horn of Charlemagne, with a band of animals and foliage carved
round the margin of the mouth. Aus'm Weerth, Kunft Denkm.
Rheinl., pl. 33 ; Bock in Heider and Eitelberger, Mittelalt. Kunft
Denkm. 2, p. 132, f. 2.
Plaque. 11th or 12th century. 8 in. high by 4fin. wide. In three
divifions. 1. The Crucifixion, the Virgin and St. John ftanding on
each fide of the Crofs, the fcabellum refting on a large chalice, the four
evangelical fymbols at the angles. 2. The Baptifm of Chrift, the head
of the dove defcending from a cloud upon the head of the Saviour, four
angels at the fides holding the clothes of Chrift. 3. The birth of
Chrift, the Virgin lying in the middle ; the Child in an ornamented crib
over the bed, with the heads of the ox and afs ; Jofeph and an angel to
the right, and another angel appearing to the Shepherds to the left;
figures very fhort.
Altenburg Monastery, Austria.
alten- Head of bifhop's paftoral ftaff, the volute terminating in the head
burg of a beaft, and with an eagle and another bird in the middle, the former
MONAS- fupporting a Maltefe crofs on its open wing. Heider and Haufler in
TE"° Archiv. k. Akad. Wiffenfch. vol. ii., and Mitth. k. k. Cent. Commifs.
vol. ii., p. 259, and xviii., p. 191, f. 64; Lind, Atlas Kirchlicher
Denkm. d. Mittelalters.
Appendix.
AIX-LA- The fix ivory carvings in very high relief affixed to the filver pulpit
Chapelle. jn the cathedral, of which cafts are defcribed above, p. 8, Nos. 28-22.
CATHE-·· ·
dral A Byzantine ivory carving on the cover of a copy of the gofpels
preferved in the facrifty. A half-length figure of the Virgin and Child,
furrounded by chafed filver-gilt plates reprefenting the Birth, Death,
Refurre&ion, and Afcenfion of Chrift. On the back of the cover is
another Byzantine ivory carving containing the bufts of four faints ; fur-
rounded with chafings of the four Evangelifts feated and writing.
Cafts defcribed above, pp. 86, 87, Nos. 192, 193. Figured, Aus'm
Weerth, Kunft Denkm. Rheinl. pl. 33.
An ivory fitula richly decorated with about feventy precious ftones,
8 in. high, with two rows of figures of a king, ecclefiaftics, and warriors.
Cafts defcribed above, pp. 267, 268.
Two leaves of a diptych, each 12 in. by 5 in., containing three fcenes
of the life of Chrift, the Laft Supper, the journey to Emmaus, Chrift
bleffing the Apoftles, the incredulity of St. Thomas, &c., each fcene
furrounded with foliated borders. Cafts defcribed above, p. 122, Nos.
272, 273.
Carlovingian fceptre. 9th century. Defcribed above, p. 102,
No. 235.
The horn of Charlemagne, with a band of animals and foliage carved
round the margin of the mouth. Aus'm Weerth, Kunft Denkm.
Rheinl., pl. 33 ; Bock in Heider and Eitelberger, Mittelalt. Kunft
Denkm. 2, p. 132, f. 2.
Plaque. 11th or 12th century. 8 in. high by 4fin. wide. In three
divifions. 1. The Crucifixion, the Virgin and St. John ftanding on
each fide of the Crofs, the fcabellum refting on a large chalice, the four
evangelical fymbols at the angles. 2. The Baptifm of Chrift, the head
of the dove defcending from a cloud upon the head of the Saviour, four
angels at the fides holding the clothes of Chrift. 3. The birth of
Chrift, the Virgin lying in the middle ; the Child in an ornamented crib
over the bed, with the heads of the ox and afs ; Jofeph and an angel to
the right, and another angel appearing to the Shepherds to the left;
figures very fhort.
Altenburg Monastery, Austria.
alten- Head of bifhop's paftoral ftaff, the volute terminating in the head
burg of a beaft, and with an eagle and another bird in the middle, the former
MONAS- fupporting a Maltefe crofs on its open wing. Heider and Haufler in
TE"° Archiv. k. Akad. Wiffenfch. vol. ii., and Mitth. k. k. Cent. Commifs.
vol. ii., p. 259, and xviii., p. 191, f. 64; Lind, Atlas Kirchlicher
Denkm. d. Mittelalters.