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and the valleys just named. This is not at all the temper of mind of Florizel.

Kettering.

H. G. GOTCH.

MODERN ZODIACS.

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133. Engraved on a small round steel plate in the centre of the face of a very handsome large standing clock by Gudin, 1750, the case being richly ornamented with elaborate buhl work. A gilt sun fastened to the pivot of the hands points to the signs in succession. In the Conservatoire, Paris, No. 4148 (first-floor

134. The signs are well painted on small porcelain ovals round the outer edge of the porcelain face of a very handsome ormolu standing astronomical regulator by Robin, Paris, 1780. The month names are under- neath, so that each includes half of two signs, Mars that of Pisces and Aries ; Avril, Aries and Taurus ; Cancer is a crayfish. In the Conservatoire, Paris.

135. Round a painted horizontal ring en- closing a small terrestrial globe by Hardy, Paris, 1787. In small gallery, Conservatoire, Paris.

136. An engraving of an Egyptian zodiac, in the Barberini Palace, Rome, is in Maurice, ' History of Hinduism/ vol. i.

137. Engravings of the zodiacal medals struck by Antoninus in Egypt are in ' Me- moires de 1'Academie des Belles - Lettres,' Paris, 1780; 4 Acad. Inscript.,' vol. xli. ; 'Mem. de 1'Abbe Barthel.' The Cancer medal bears the head of Luna ; Leo, Sol ; Virgo, Mercury ; Libra, Venus ; Scorpio, Mars ; Sagittarius, Jupiter ; Capricornus, Saturn ; Aquarius, Saturn ; Pisces, Jupiter ; Taurus, Venus.

138. A Wedgwood lamp in blue and white, of classical form, has the zodiac round the top, a woman holding Cupid over a vase in the centre. In the upper gallery of the Ceramic Museum at Sevres.

139. On a broad belt in gilt metal round a globe bearing three fleurs-de-lis, which sur- mounts a rich frame containing three busts of Louis XIV. at different ages. On the wall in the National Library, Paris.

140. A similar frame near it contains busts of later members of the French royal family. Zodiac as in No. 139.

141. Two large long masses of sculptured wood, gilded, forming the ornamental part of Marie Antoinette's state barge, are in the Marine Museum. Each portion has an arc with three signs and emblems on it. In the Louvre, Paris.

142. The cipher emblems are engraved round a small copper-plate engraving of Queen Elizabeth in the Hope Collection, Bodleian, Oxford.

143. A French copy of A. Z. No. 9, in white marble, made by order of Napoleon I., was presented by Mr. Beresford Hope to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

144. A very large standing astronomical clock, Paris, 1802, has ten dials, two of which have the cipher emblems on them and month names, a branch serving as hand. Janiver, Conservatoire, No. 10,621, Paris.

145. "A tea-table in marquetry with in- laid work representing the zodiacal signs, which was offered to Empress Josephine by the pupils of the Deaf and Dumb School " (Dewharne, p. 91). Cancer is a crayfish. In No. 13, Salon des Boucher, Grand Trianon, Versailles, 1804-9.

146. An engraving of No. 8 is in Drum- mond, * ^Egyptiaca.'

147. Engraving of a fragment of an Egyptian zodiac, found at Rome, mentioned by Fontenelle and Bailey, is in Drummond, p. Ix, pi. 5.

148. Engraving of A. Z. No. 9 is in Drum- morid, p. Ixii, pi. 7.

149. Engraving of A. Z. No. 13 is in Drum- mond, p. Ixiii, pi. 8.

150. Engraving of A. Z. No. 214 is in Drummond, p. Ixvii, pi. 9.

151. Engraving of A. Z. No. 221 is in Drummond, p. Ixviii, pi. 10.

152-5. Four mystical Mithraic Zoroastrian zodiacal tablets are engraved in Drummond.

156. Engraving of A. Z. No. 220 (a modern Persian picture) is in Drummond, p. Ixxxviii, pi. 14.

157. Engraving of the Hebrew camp is in Drummond. Ephraim is connected with Taurus ; Benjamin, Gemini ; Manasseh, Sagittarius ; Dan, Scorpio ; Gad, Aries ; Gerson, Terra ; Mera, Aqua ; Asher, Libra ; Simeon, Pisces; Moses, Ether; Aaron (?) ; Naphthali, Virgo ; Reuben, Aquarius ; Zebu- Ion, Capricorn ; Issachar, Cancer; Judah, Leo.

158. Engraving of A. Z. No. 13 is in Denon, 'Voyage dans 1'Egypte,' 1802.

159. On a brass globe borne by Atlas, Italian. In V.A.M.

160. Engraving of the King's Gateway, with the signs upon it, above the arch, West- minster Palace, by Vertue, is in St. Martin's Library, Charing Cross, 1815.

161. Bronze medal of Jeanne d'Arc, 1821, rev. an arc bearing emblems of Taurus, Sagittarius, and three other signs. In last room of the Mint, Paris. A. B. G,

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