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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 172. 



In describing the " fore-front " he gives a cata- 

 logue of the " bass-riliefs," from which a few ex- 

 tracts are made : 



" 1st. the Tobiolo assisted by tlie Angel in his 

 jounrey to Rages, . ^ . the second is the Angel that 

 expells Adam and Eve from the Eden, by Carlo Maria 

 Giudici. The two in the second order are : Daniel in 

 the lake of the lions by the above Carabelli, and Job on 

 the dunghill, by the above Giudici. The two upper 

 Statues that figure Saint Bartholomew and Saint James 

 Junior, are works by Buzzi Donelli and Buzzi Giu- 

 seppe, The Bass-Riliefs that follow aside of the 

 Pilaster is God appearing to Moses in the ardent- 

 brambles Over the great windout the Bass- 



Rilief representing Samuel while he oints Saul king of 

 Israel is by Carlo Maria Giudici, and Angelo Pizzi a 

 milanese, carved the vision of Jacob on the side of the 

 following Pilaster. In sight of the same Moses who 

 makes the water gush from the mountain is by Giuseppe 

 Buzzi, and the other Bass-Rilief that is placed above, 

 represents the prophet Elia presenting to the afflicted 

 mother the resurrection of her Son, by Grazioso Rusca. 

 By Canaillo Pacetti is the Statue of Saint James 

 senior. . . . The Bass-Rilief over the great window 

 represents the prophetess Debora providing captain 

 Barach with arms. . . . Ornamented is the rest of 

 the front with a great number of Statues managed with 

 skill by intelligent Authors, and aside of the door are 

 the Apostles Peter and Paul of ancient work and un- 

 known Author ... as also of unknown chisel is 

 Saul who tempts to kill David. . . . The Angel 

 who assures Sampson's Father that his Wife, believed 

 to be sterile, will generate the strongest of Israel's 

 Bons. . . . On reaching the fourth door one per- 

 ceives in the frontispiece the Bass-Rilief that adorns 

 it, which is by Lasagni ; representing Givele that with 

 a nail kills captain Sisara. . . . Esau renouncing the 

 primogeniture to his brother Jacol). . . . Over the 

 great window is painted Agar dying with thirst, with 

 the sonof Ismael in the desert, while an Angel appears 

 indicating a fountain to her. . . . The first of the 

 other four Bass-Riliefs in view figure Gedeone prepar- 

 ing to fight the Madianites, and the second Sampson 

 suffocating the lion. . . . The Saints Philip and 

 Thomas placed upwards are by the egregious Pompeo 

 Marches!. . . . the second is by Ribossi, represent- 

 ing Absatom suspended by his hair to a tree and pierced 

 through by Jacob." 



In describing the interior, " Gr. P." is rather 

 more instructive, but not quite so entertaining : 

 however, a number of the peculiar expressions 

 ah-eady quoted are repeated with the same confid- 

 ing simplicity. A few extracts will suffice for this 

 portion : 



** The ornaments of the five doors are the designment 

 of Fabio Mangone, . . . the surprising vault a 

 chiaroscuro, drsLwn and painted in part by our milanese 

 Felice Alberti, who in the year 1827 was ravished from 

 the living by a fatal misfortune in the flower of his age. 

 . . . in the inward columns on both sides are two 

 very fine Statues sitting in a very melancholy action, 

 which represent military Peace and Virtue. . . , 



under the tomb-stone is another small and genteel Bass- 

 Rilief representing the Saviour afilicted, sustained by 

 two little Angels. . . . The Altar of Santa Tecla, 

 which is part of the left arm of the cross, or form of 

 the Church, as is mentioned above, representing the 

 Saint in a seraglio of wild beasts, is by the Sculptor 

 Carlo Beretta." 



Lest I should have exhausted your patience, as 

 well as that of your readers, I will close with one 

 more quotation, which displays what Mrs. Malaprop 

 calls " a nice derangement of epitaphs : " 



" The last altar that was seen not long since on this 

 side was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, whose image 

 carved in wood dated a remote antiquity, but as to the 

 remnant nothing was found to be appreciable in sort of 

 art." 



A. R. X. 



Paisley. 



ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, BBIGHTON. 



In matters touching the public weal, the Editor 

 of "N. & Q." always finds space for his corre- 

 spondents : a few lines are asked for the present 

 subject, as being one on which his pages have 

 already been earnestly devoted. 



The rebuilding of Brighton old church has been 

 announced, and those who have frequented the 

 salubrious breezes of that unequalled marine resi- 

 dence have often enjoyed the commanding view 

 of the town and noble sea, which Is obtained from 

 the hill on which this venerable fabric stands, and 

 which is about to disappear and perhaps " leave 

 not a wreck behind." 



The chtirch is literally lined and flagged with 

 monuments of the dead, more or less noted ; but 

 all of whom have passed through the stage of this 

 life away from their native localities, and many 

 falling where they went to seek in vain renovated 

 health. 



The tombs in the churchyard, immediately ad- 

 joining the church, of Capt. Tettersell, who con- 

 veyed King Charles to France after the battle of 

 Worcester ; and Phoebe Hassell, who fought under 

 the Duke of Cumberland at Fontenoy, are con- 

 tinually surveyed by the old visitors. In a few 

 months it may be too late to suggest to your 

 friends interested in the preservation of monu- 

 mental remains, and their Inscriptions, to prevent 

 such a similar removal and destruction as has 

 taken place at Lambeth, under the walls of the 

 Archbishop's residence, by the rector, church- 

 wardens, and architects of Lambeth new church. 



A notice to those Interested In the history of the 

 county of Sussex may be the means of preserving 

 at least the inscriptions, and calling attention of 

 the amiable and respected vicar of Brighton to a 

 consideration of the subject. K.N. 



