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of which one leaf is in the Imperial Mufeum of Vienna, alfo figured by Gorius
(vol. ii. pl. vii.), and confidered by him as reprefenting the Emperor Juftinian.
The other leaf (pl. xi.) exhibited by M. Spitzer was originally figured by Mont-
faucon (Antiq. Expl., vol.' iii. par. i, tab. xxvi. p. 46), and is ftated in the
plate xi. of Gorius to be "In Mus. Parifienfi," where it no longer exifts. By the
fide of the ivory was exhibited a copy of Montfaucon's plate (which he had received
from M. de Boze). It reprefents a Byzantine emprefs ftanding erect and wearing a
kind of crown, having a fleur-de-lys in front and long pendants of pearls from the
fides of the head, and necklace of feveral rows of pearls and with long rows of pearls
reaching to the feet. She holds in her right hand a globe furmounted by a crofs,
and in her left hand a long rod terminated above and below by a knob. At the fides
of the piece are fluted columns fupporting foliated capitals on which reft a fluted
cupola with an eagle on each fide. Height, 12 inches; width, 5 inches ; workman-
fhip, coarfe.
Another of M. Spitzer's ivories is the other leaf of the remarkable diptyclr of
which one leaf is preferved in the Public Libraiy of Frankfurt-on-the-Main, defcribed
in p. 448 of this work.1 In M. Spitzer's plaque the prieft or archbiihop is in the aft
either of preaching or more probably reading fome part of the fervice, not of the
Mafs, at his left fide is a defk on which lies an open book, the lettering of which
Mr. Neibitt could not decypher. Behind him are two figures in albs; in front facing
him are feven in chafubles, moft of them with their mouths open, as if chanting.
M. Spitzer alfo exhibited a leaf of a diptych, poffibly of the fifth century, bearing
the figure of an old man, and a curious curved piece about 10 inches long, perhaps
the top of a chair back ; on this is carved, in very high relief, a fight between men
and women on horfeback, the horfes tame and fpiritlefs, the modelling of the human
limbs bad, but the faces with much expreflion, the attitudes varied, no faddles nor
weapons, the combatants merely pulling at each other. The garments of either fex
mere cloths, the limbs generally uncovered, the women with long plaits of hair, and
the men with ihaven faces and cloths wrapped round the heads and chins, and con-
fined round the head by a band. Poflibly Byzantine or Trebizond work of the 12th
or 13th century. Some long flips in Lord Afhburnham's Collection, and at Berlin,
are of a fomewhat fimilar ftyle.
In addition to the various representations of ancient carved ivories contained in
the recently publifhed works of Labarte, Aus' m' Weerth and the Catalogue of the
Bafilewiky Colle&ion referred to in their proper places in this work, others have
ftill more recently appeared in the two following publications:—
The Nouveaux Melanges d'Archeologie, vol. ii. of M. Cahier contains excellent
figures of-
The covers of the pfalter of the Princefs Melifenda (pl. 1 and 2), defcribed in this
work, p. 72.
The Sens pyx, with combats of men and lions (p. 14) ; fee p. 271.
The Bobbio pyx, with Orpheus, &c. (p. 19) ; fee p. 379.
The Munich book cover, with the Crucifixion, Afeenfion, and Vifit of the Maries
to the Sepulchre (p. 28) ; fee p. 135.
1 Mr. A. Neibitt fuggefts that the principal figure in this piece muft be an archbiihop, becaufe
it feems to him that he wears a pallium of the correct form for the period. I hefitated to regard
this as a pallium, as it is deftitute of erodes.
of which one leaf is in the Imperial Mufeum of Vienna, alfo figured by Gorius
(vol. ii. pl. vii.), and confidered by him as reprefenting the Emperor Juftinian.
The other leaf (pl. xi.) exhibited by M. Spitzer was originally figured by Mont-
faucon (Antiq. Expl., vol.' iii. par. i, tab. xxvi. p. 46), and is ftated in the
plate xi. of Gorius to be "In Mus. Parifienfi," where it no longer exifts. By the
fide of the ivory was exhibited a copy of Montfaucon's plate (which he had received
from M. de Boze). It reprefents a Byzantine emprefs ftanding erect and wearing a
kind of crown, having a fleur-de-lys in front and long pendants of pearls from the
fides of the head, and necklace of feveral rows of pearls and with long rows of pearls
reaching to the feet. She holds in her right hand a globe furmounted by a crofs,
and in her left hand a long rod terminated above and below by a knob. At the fides
of the piece are fluted columns fupporting foliated capitals on which reft a fluted
cupola with an eagle on each fide. Height, 12 inches; width, 5 inches ; workman-
fhip, coarfe.
Another of M. Spitzer's ivories is the other leaf of the remarkable diptyclr of
which one leaf is preferved in the Public Libraiy of Frankfurt-on-the-Main, defcribed
in p. 448 of this work.1 In M. Spitzer's plaque the prieft or archbiihop is in the aft
either of preaching or more probably reading fome part of the fervice, not of the
Mafs, at his left fide is a defk on which lies an open book, the lettering of which
Mr. Neibitt could not decypher. Behind him are two figures in albs; in front facing
him are feven in chafubles, moft of them with their mouths open, as if chanting.
M. Spitzer alfo exhibited a leaf of a diptych, poffibly of the fifth century, bearing
the figure of an old man, and a curious curved piece about 10 inches long, perhaps
the top of a chair back ; on this is carved, in very high relief, a fight between men
and women on horfeback, the horfes tame and fpiritlefs, the modelling of the human
limbs bad, but the faces with much expreflion, the attitudes varied, no faddles nor
weapons, the combatants merely pulling at each other. The garments of either fex
mere cloths, the limbs generally uncovered, the women with long plaits of hair, and
the men with ihaven faces and cloths wrapped round the heads and chins, and con-
fined round the head by a band. Poflibly Byzantine or Trebizond work of the 12th
or 13th century. Some long flips in Lord Afhburnham's Collection, and at Berlin,
are of a fomewhat fimilar ftyle.
In addition to the various representations of ancient carved ivories contained in
the recently publifhed works of Labarte, Aus' m' Weerth and the Catalogue of the
Bafilewiky Colle&ion referred to in their proper places in this work, others have
ftill more recently appeared in the two following publications:—
The Nouveaux Melanges d'Archeologie, vol. ii. of M. Cahier contains excellent
figures of-
The covers of the pfalter of the Princefs Melifenda (pl. 1 and 2), defcribed in this
work, p. 72.
The Sens pyx, with combats of men and lions (p. 14) ; fee p. 271.
The Bobbio pyx, with Orpheus, &c. (p. 19) ; fee p. 379.
The Munich book cover, with the Crucifixion, Afeenfion, and Vifit of the Maries
to the Sepulchre (p. 28) ; fee p. 135.
1 Mr. A. Neibitt fuggefts that the principal figure in this piece muft be an archbiihop, becaufe
it feems to him that he wears a pallium of the correct form for the period. I hefitated to regard
this as a pallium, as it is deftitute of erodes.