Sept. 27. 1851.] 



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his futiiro father-in-law, and agreed to refer the 

 matter to him who had been assotdated with Har- 

 grave in pTiblishing Sir Edward Coije's Commen- 

 taries on Littleton (1809, 7 vols. 8vo.)- Mr. Butler 

 at once decided the question in my favour, adding 

 that he had never heard the name otherwise pro- 

 nounced, and that Cooke was quite a novelty, 

 which he should never adopt — indeed, I am sure 

 it is so, though now I find it generally prevalent. 



J. R. 



Cork. 



Marcus JEliiis Antoninus (Vol. iv., p. 152.). — 

 I think that your correspondent will not readily 

 ascertain the owner of this pseudonyme ; but, in 

 the presumed absence of any opposing evidence, 

 I would suggest that the mask may belong to 

 Marc-Antonio Flaniinio. Melancthon's excellent 

 Responxio ad scriptum quoi-undam delectoriim a 

 Clero secundaria Colonioe Agrippince, 4to., Franc- 

 furdiaj, 1543, is now before me, but it does not 

 allude to the Querela set forth in the same year. 

 It is said that the framer of the Cologne Judicium 

 against Bucer was the Carmelite Eberhardus 

 Billicus ; and Ttro may be assured that he is 

 fortunate if he be a possessor of the tract by the 

 fictitious Antoninus; for, in the words of Secken- 

 dorf, — 



" Ex scriptis reliquis, occasione Reformationis Colo- 

 niensls tunc publicatis, plurima in oblivionem fere vene- 

 runt, nee facile hodie inveniuntur, typis beet olim 

 excusa." — Comm. de Luther, lib. iii. sect. 27. § cvii. 

 p. 437. Francof. 1G92. 



R. G. 



^i^rcnaitc0u^. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, SAXES, CATALOGUES, ETC. 



The sculptures which have been preserved with com- 

 paratively little injury for upwards of six centuries on 

 the western front of the venerable cathedral of Wells 

 have limg excited the wondef and curiosity, as well as 

 admiration, of all who looked upon tliem. All have 

 been ready to recognise in them the expression of some 

 grand design ; but it has been reserved for Professor 

 Cockerel! to penetrate, through the quaintness of the 

 style and the dilapidations of centuries, into their noble 

 aim and purpose, and to describe at length this " ex- 

 tensive but hitherto unedited commentary in living 

 sculpture of the thirteenth century, upon our earliest 

 dynasties, our churchmen, and religious creed." This 

 he has done in a handsome and richly illustrated 

 volume, lately published by IMr. Parker under the 

 title of Icnnor/rap/ii/ of the IFest Front of IVells Catliedral, 

 with an Aiipenrlix on the Scnljitiires of other Medieval 

 Churchea in Enijlanil: and the work will be found of 

 the highest interest, not only for its valuable illustration 

 of this " kalender for unlearned men," which we owe 

 to the piety and love of art of liishop Trotman, and 

 wlilch t'laxinan speaks of as "■ tlie earliest specimen of 

 •ucli magnificent and varied sculpture united in a 

 •eries of sacred history that is to bu found in western 



Europe," but also for the light it throws upon the 

 history of art in this country. For not only have we 

 in these pages the results of Professor Cockerell's 

 studies of the extensive and important series of sculp- 

 tures which form the nnmediate subject of them ; but 

 also his criticisms and remarks upon the cognate objects 

 to be found at Exeter, Norwich, Malmesbury, Canter- 

 bury, Rochester, York, Beverley, Lichfield, Worcester, 

 Lincoln, Gloucester, Salisbury, Peterborough, Croy- 

 land, and Bath. And who can speak witti greater 

 authority upon such points? whose opinion would be 

 received witli greater respect? 



Surely Rome must have been styled the Eternal 

 City because there is no end to the books which are 

 published respecting it : 



" For every year and month sends forth a new one ; " 

 yet the subject never seems exhausted. Now it is a 

 high churchman who gives a picture of this " Niobe 

 of nations," tuited conleur de rose ; now a low church- 

 man, who talks of nothing but abominations of a deeper 

 dye ; now some classical student tells how — 



" The Goth, the Christian, time, war, flood, and fire 

 Have dealt upon the seven hill'd city's pride;" 

 now some worshipper of art, who imfolds the treasures 

 garnered within its walls ; now a politician loud in his 

 praises of Young Italy, or his condemnation of foreign 

 interference. The Chevalier de Chatelaine is none of 

 these, or rather, he is almost all of them by turns ; and 

 consequently his Rambles throur/h Rome, descriptive of 

 the Social, Political, and Ecclesiastical Condition of the 

 City and its Inhabitants, is a volume of pleasant gossip, 

 more amusing to the reader than flattering to the 

 character of the Roman people or those who govern 

 them. 



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