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 i6o The Chnaruta

2Sa. R (b H (cc) b H (h) Cock .bMbCKb.bF Cock b).

In this type we meet the cimaruta at the zenith of its develop- ment. The two cocks are clearly distinguished by their combs. The one to the left is represented as flying, the other as sitting. The heart (upside down) has, I believe, been derived from the hand and thumb in the corresponding position in No. 21.

Variations in the structure of the elements to the left of the charm are shown in 251^ and 2^c. Rolfe, and Author's Coll.

(b.) Series exhibiting variations from the type and a tendency towards the introduction of new emblems. 26. R(bFFMhK.bCcb), Bower Coll.

A charming and rare two-branched design. 27a. R (C C . K H . b M F). Rolfe Coll.

27b. R (b C . K H (h) b . b M H). Miss Ingleby Coll.

28. R (b C . K F Winged boy . M H). Rolfe Coll.

29. R (1 K M m H M K 1). Rolfe Coll.

The entire design has been remodelled in accordance with the conventions of the art of the Empire. The middle branch of the rue spray, has been represented as a serpent. One of the moons is represented as being nearly full, m in the formula may represent a small crescent or a flower seen in side-view. The key on the right ends in a flower.

A less elaborate form is depicted by Elworthy, Fig. 81, but his

photograph is indistinct.

30. R(lkmHMl).

31. is a degenerate form which probably dates from the same period, but the details are almost impossible to unravel. A flower on a key-handle, a bunch of grapes, and a hand may perhaps be recognized. Elw., Fig. 81, and Author's Coll.

(C.) Series showing degeneration as the result of spaces between the branches being left solid: disappearance of rue by hypertrophy.

32. R (b M H K b F). Rolfe Coll.

33. R (b M b K bb ). Rolfe Coll.

34. R (b M K F). Author's Coll.

In this amulet the separate parts are almost quite unrecog- nizable.

(d.) Series exhibiting gradual disappearance of the rue by atrophy.

i. With Moon face downward.

35. R (H (F) K . b M (Cock) b Cock (F) b . b).

Author's Coll.