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emerging from beneath." Called the earliest Christian monument. King, i. 243.

70. On the medals of Contormades. Stevenson.

71. Circular medallion, round Jupiter enthroned, with eagle, Sol, and Luna, above two men bearing fasces. Choul coll. In Montfaucon, i. 36, pi. x., fig. 8.

72. On a gem, enclosing Jupiter with mural crown, rod, fulmen, eagle, and Pleiades. Raspe, 'Descriptive Catalogue of Engraved Gems,' 1791, i. 219, No. 3125. Sulphur cast in Tassie coll.

73. Sculpture of Cybele seated, inscribed "Mater Deor. Mater Syriae," wearing two- horned mitre, rayed circlet, alb, and stole bor- dered with the twelve signs, holding fulmen, caduceus, sprinkler, sistrum, hoop, with two lions seated at her side. In Montfaucon, i. 15, pi. v. fig. 2.

74. Sculptured diptych of Consul Basilius (541 A.D.), above the apotheosis of Romulus. Six signs, from Libra to Pisces, in an arc above. In Montfaucon, Supp., iii. 224, pi. Ixxv.

75. Circular intaglio in lapis lazuli. Jupiter enthroned, with eagle, fulmen, and Pleiades, within the zodiacal circle. In King, ii. 78, pi. viii. No. 7.

76. Circular gem. Jupiter enthroned, holding fulmen and rod, above eagle. Venus and Cupid to right ; Mercury with caduceus to left ; within the zodiac. Bourdaloue coll. In Montfaucon, Supp., i. 41, pi. xvii.

77. Stone table with zodiac in a centre circle, the winds, as heads, outside. In Mont- faucon, Supp., i. 43.

78. Circular gem. Sun, wings, crescent, serpent within the zodiac. Diam. an inch. In Raspe, i. 220, fig. 3135. Sulphur cast in Tassie coll.

79. On a gero, around Serapis and the planetary deities. King, i. 252 ; in Caylus, ' Recueil d'Antiquite's,' 1 752.

80. On a gem, around Serapis and the planetary deities. Bosanquet coll. King, i. 252.

81. On a gem surrounding Pan. Stosch ; Mariette, ' Pierr. Grav.,' ii. pi. 45 ; ' Mus. Florent.,' t. ii. pi. 88, n. 3 ; Fosbroke, i. 147.

82. " The celebrated Mithras with a serpent coiled round him, between the folds of which are sculptured the signs of the zodiac." In St. Anne Museum, Aries, France. Blessing- ton, ' Idler in France,' 1841, i. 35. The same or a similar sculpture is engraved in Mont- faucon, I. ii. 378, pi. ocxv.

83. On a circular marble sculpture, sur- rounding Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, and Cupid, In Montfaucon, Supp., i, pi. xvii,

84. A statue of Serapis enfolded in a snake, between whose coils are seen the signs of the zodiac. President Bon coll. In Mont- faucon, Supp., ii. 149, pi. xlii.

85. Sculptured on twelve shields, on a pedestal supporting statues of Pluto and Proserpine, with Jupiter, Hercules, Minerva, Ceres, and Cupid. Aleander coll., Rome. In Montfaucon, I. i. 80, pi. xli. fig. 1.

86. On a rectangular white marble almanac, from Pompeii, in the Naples Museum. ' Pompeii,' by L. E. K., ii. 287.

87. Sculptured on a marble wheel found near Baise, Italy. Holcroft, ' Travels,' 137.

88. On a cameo, around Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, and Oceanus. Webb coll. King, i. 243.

89. Four signs on an arc, above Apollo in a quadriga, Cupid and Fortuna near, on a medal, "e Mus. Pisano, Tab. 18." In Sandby, ' E. C. T. Publii Virgilii Maronis,' 1750, i. 72, pi. xiv. fig. 5.

90. On a large circular medallion, around Jupiter seated, with rod and eagle, Sol and Luna with their emblems above, Neptune and Thetis below. IIEPIN 0IMN BNE fiKO PMN IMNMN. In Sandby, i. 34, pi. ix. fig. 3; "Ex Museo Florent., Tom. 4, Tab. 66."

91. Large circular zodiac enclosing Jupiter seated, with fulmen and rod, above eagle, attended by Mercury, Venus, and Cupid. Bourdaloue coll. In Sandby, i. 113, pi. xix.

92. "A pavement, representing in black mosaic on a white ground the signs of the zodiac, with the Rape of Europa in the centre." In Naples Museum. Murray, ' South Italy,' 1878, p. 148.

93. Statue of Atlas sustaining a celestial globe with forty-two constellations (of the original forty-eight). Ursa Major and Minor, Sagittarius, Pegasus, and Canis Minor are omitted. Probably ante Hadrian. In Naples Museum. Murray, p. 155.

94. In the Naples Museum is a " cornelian with the head of Apollo surrounded by the twelve signs of the zodiac." Murray, p. 161.

95. In the Naples Museum is a calendar consisting of a square block of white marble, on which are inscribed the months and the corresponding signs, the names of the months, the number of the days, the nones, the desig- nations of the signs, the names of the tutelary divinities, the religious festivals; that the sun was in Capricorn, that Juno was the divinity, &c. Found near Rome. Murray, p. 150. A. B. G.

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