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132. " Virgin of the Pillar." — ^Miniature statuette of silver, gilded. 

 Height, 2| inches.— Spain. (Cat. No. 178865, U.S.N.M.) 



133. Statuette of Mary.— CaWed "Virgin of Good Friday." Made 

 of brass, chiseled work. Height, 4^ inches.— Madrid, Spain. (Cat. 

 No. 178867, U.S.N.M.) 



134. Bust of Mary. — Made of papier-mache, with a dome-shaped 

 crown. Height, 10 mches.— Italy. (Cat. No. 179052, U.S.N.M.) 



135. ''Pieto."— Mary holding the body of Christ. Statuette of 

 wood, painted. Height, 13 inches. — Italy. (Cat. No. 179048, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



136. " Pieta." — The same as the preceding one. Height, 12 

 inches.— Italy. (Cat. No. 179048a, U.S.N.M.) 



137. Crown. — Made of bronze, gilded, and adorned with colored 

 stones. Dates from the seventeenth centmy- It decorated an 

 image of Mary, in the demolished church of St. Anna, the former 

 nunnery, Zbrasiovski Dom, in Prague, Bohemia. Height, 5 inches; 

 diameter, 4 inches. — Prague, Bohemia. (Cat. No. 154776, U.S.N.M.) 



138. Porcelain plaque. — Representing Mary, in relief. Dated 

 1795. Height, 13 inches; width, 9f inches. — Florence, Ital3^ (Cat. 

 No. 214721, U.S.N.M.) 



139. Porcelain plaque. — Painted with three figures — Mary, crowned, 

 and two women performing the devotion of the rosary before her. 

 Dated from the seventeenth century. Height, 9| inches; width, 10^ 

 inches.— Italy. (Cat. No. 152242, U.S.N.M.) 



140. Silver medallion. — Representing, on one side, Mary with 

 the Infant Jesus ; on the other, a burning heart pierced by a sword, 

 alluding to Luke ii, 35. Set in silver filigree. Measurements, If by 

 n inches.— Italy. (Cat. No. 179056, U.S.N.M.) 



141. Miniature of Mary. — Painted on glass. Diameters, 2 and 

 1| inches.— Spain. (Cat. No. 178869, U.S.N.M.) 



.142. Two processional banners. — Made of white metal. Embossed 

 on one side with the figure of Mary, holding in the right hand a 

 rosary, on the left arm the Infant Jesus; on the other side, with the 

 figure of St. Dominic, to whom the introduction of the rosary in its 

 present form is ascribed, holding a lily, which is his emblem. Prob- 

 ably used at the feast of the rosary, which is celebrated on the first 

 Sunday in October. Measurements, 10 by 7 inches. — Italy. (Plate 

 82, Cat. No. 179070-071, U.S.N.M.) 



143. Silver medaUion. — Representing, on one side, St. Peter; on 

 the other, St. Paul. Set in silver filigree. Diameter, 1^ inches. — 

 Italy. (Cat. No. 179057, U.S.N.M.) 



144. Mace of St. Sehastian. — Made of white metal, terminating 

 at the top in a statuette of the saint. St. Sebastian was, according 

 to tradition, a Roman soldier and Christian martjrr, having been 

 shot to death about 288 A. D., by order of Diocletian. He is vener- 



