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Rh continually repeated; but Saints of this order would scarcely be represented except in places where they had a local interest, discoverable by county history or the tradition of the neighbourhood.

6. Ancient paintings in fresco, on panel, or glass, and manuscript illuminations, have of course an authority which cannot belong even to the earliest wood-cuts; as the artist had not the same temptation to generalise or repeat. Nevertheless, many of these early wood-cuts were unquestionably designed after more ancient models on panel, glass, &c., and where they can be identified by their circumstances are of very great value.