Nature of the Object. c One leaf. d Both leaves. e One leaf. ƒ One leaf. g Both leaves. h Both leaves. 2 Same subject, inscribed Vir· ILlustris · . Possession of the Original. Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris (Cabinet des Antiques). Fejérváry Collection. Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris (Cabinet des Antiques). Kunstkammer, Berlin. Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris (Cabinet des Antiques). Treasury of the Cathedral of Halberstadt. a One leaf (4th or Angel, with a cruciferous globe and a 5th century). b Both leaves (probably of the 6th century). c Both leaves (perhaps originally a consular diptych of the 5th or 6th century; subsequently altered, and converted into a cover to an Antiphonarium of St. Gregory's, alleged to have been presented by him to Queen Theodolinda). sceptre; on a label above, in raised letters, a Greek iambic verse, of which the sense is uncertain, being probably part of a sentence completed on the lost leaf of the diptych. 1. Virgin and Child enthroned with two angels. 2. Christ seated between St. Peter and St. Paul. 1. Standing figure, in the Roman consular robes, but the hair exhibiting the ecclesiastical tonsure, the Mappa Circensis transformed into a Sudarium, and the staff surmounted by a cross; above, SanCtuS GREGoRius; and, in the blank space, this distich :— GREGORIVS. PræSVL. MERITIS NOMINE DIGNVS. . eT. Possession of the Original. British Museum, (collection of Antiquities). Kunstkammer, Berlin. Treasury of the Cathedral of Monza. Nature of the Object. b Cover of an Evangéliaire (both sides). c Panel from a book Cover (perhaps Greek). Subject of the Sculpture. 2. In the centre a Cross in jewellery; 1. In the centre, the Virgin and Child 2. In the centre Christ enthroned between Possession of the Original. Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris. Crucifixion, with St. Mary, St. John, and Fejérváry Collec- of Apollo and Diana; below, the women tion. d Panel from a cover. Baptism of Christ with the Jordan per- Kunstkammer, Ber lin. Fejérváry Collection. Diptychs and Book Covers of the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Centuries. Nature of the Object. (both 1. Christ a Diptych leaves). Subject of the Sculpture. washing his disciples' feet, 2. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother b Panel from a book Christ standing holding a book. cover. c Side of a book In the centre, Christ standing on the lion cover. and adder, around this twelve small Possession of the Original. Treasury of the Ca thedral of Milan. Bodleian Library, d Side of a book In the centre, Christ seated, delivering the Museum of Orleans. cover. keys to St. Peter (?), whilst on the e Panel from a book Christ with the evangelistic symbols, and two allegorical figures beneath his feet, representing Earth and Ocean. cover. cover. f Panel from a book Crucifixion, with personifications of the Church and the Synagogue at opposite sides of the cross, the serpent at its foot, and the dead rising from their sepulchres; below, the women visiting the tomb. g Cover of an Evangéliare (both sides). 1. Crucifixion; above, the Evangelists, and 2. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Possession of the Original. Bodleian Library, Unknown. (From a cast in the possession of M. Carrand). Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris. h Panel from a book David enthroned amidst his attendants, dic- Louvre. m Panel from a book Crucifix, with the four Evangelistic sym- British Museum. (Collection of MSS.) Fejérváry Collec tion. o Panel from a book Same subject; or perhaps the healing of M. Micheli. a Figure in alto-re- A Consul seated in the sella curulis. haps a scrinium or a pyxis). c Piece of a box. Possession of the Original. A. Fountaine, Esq. Treasury of the Cathedral of Sens. A man addressing two youths. Possibly Rev. Walter Sneyd. an unideal representation of the return of the prodigal son (?). |