234 Description of the Crosses 



That is : lestis Christus, iudex cequitatis ; hestice et draconles] cogno- 

 verunt in deserto salva[to]rem mundi.'^ 



4. St. Anthony and Paul the Hermit. 



Two figures represent Saints Anthony and Paul in the act of breaking 

 a circular loaf of bread. They stand facing each other, the loaf 

 between them being supported by a forearm of each, which is dis- 

 closed from the elbow down, as it projects from the mantle. Their 

 hair, instead of covering the ear, is cut close above it, and then 

 falls to the shoulder. 



Across the panel, on the line of the shoulder, is the indication 

 of a break, which is continued round the stone, showing that the 

 lower monohth had been broken in two at this point. 



The inscription reads from left to right on the top border, then, 

 down the right a few inches, (the rest of the right is mutilated), 

 and continues down the left border. It reads : 



SCS PAVLVS ET A FREGER . . T PANEM 



INDESERTO- 



The verb of course represents fregerunt. 



5. The Flight into Egypt. 



The legless figure of a horse or ass, the head and tail touching 

 the left and right borders respectively, bears on its back Mary holding 

 the child on one arm. Mary is seated sidewise on the animal, facing 

 the spectator. The child alone wears a nimbus. In the left-hand 

 upper corner of the panel is a portion of a circular object. 



The inscription on the upper border reads : 



t MARIA ET I^. 

 This naturally stands for Maria et Joseph. 



East Face. 



A vine-scroU starts in the middle of the base. It then curves 

 to the spectator's right, touches the border, and passes over to the 

 left margin, throwing off on the way a branch, which curves down- 

 ward to the left, touches the left margin, and turns toward the right 

 in such a way as to form with the main vine a large arc of an irregular 

 circle. 



The main vine continues its meander from one side to the other, 

 touching the right margin- four times in all in the height of the main 



1 Clearest in Fig. 13 a. 



2 See Tigs. 15, 16, 16 a, 17. 



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