By H. COLLEY MARCH, M.D., F.S.A. 



', HROUGH the promptitude and energy of Capt. Acland, 

 our Curator, aided by generous pecuniary support, 

 the Durngate Street Mosaic is now happily placed 

 on the floor of the County Museum. It bears 

 a striking, general resemblance to that brought 

 from Olga Road. They are obviously of the 

 same period, and may even be by the same 

 artist. 



The tesselation we have now to consider, displays the various 

 designs that we may conveniently distinguish as i. The Meander 

 fret. 2. The Cable, a twist of two strands. 3. A Braid or 

 Plait of three strands. 4. The Guilloche, a series of interlaced 

 loops. 5. The Fylfot fret. 6. The Duplex. 7. A circular 

 floriated Centre, of cruciform treatment, unsymmetrically dis- 

 posed, and surrounded by rays developed from the Meander. 

 8. An Etruscan Amphora in each of the four corners. These 

 urns differ in detail from each other. Out of one of them 

 spread phyllomorphic elements ; twin sprays ascend from the 

 base of the second ; and from each of the others issue a pair 

 of crested snakes, which protrude vibrant and forked tongues. 



