MODE I. MARBLE. 



Carrara, and free from the grey veins that some- 

 times appear in the latter. The Antinous of the 

 Capitol is said to be of marble of Luni. That of 

 Carrara, as just mentioned, often presents grey 

 veins, so that it is difficult to procure blocks of an 

 uniform white. It has been much used for chim- 

 ney-pieces in England ; and is often mingled with 

 the yellow and dull purplish bricia of Sienna : but 

 the quarries are said to have been opened at least 

 as early as the time of Julius Caesar. The Car- 

 rara marble has sometimes greenish talcous veins, 

 like the cipolino, and sometimes crystals of iron. 

 But the most beautiful specimens are those which 

 contain, in little cavities, rock crystals of the 

 purest water, called in Italy diamonds of Car- 

 rara. 



White marble of mount Hymettus, in Attica; OfHymettns. 

 rather inclining to grey : but it was the first fo- 

 reign marble introduced at Rome, where this mo- 

 derate magnificence was thought so extraordinary, 

 that Crassus the orator was exposed to the sar- 

 casms of Marcus Brutus, because he had adorned 

 his house with six columns, twelve feet high, of 

 Hymettian marble. Such were the chief white 

 marbles employed by the ancients. 



The ancient black is so intense that, when 

 placed beside those of Dinan and Namur, it makes 

 them appear grey. Some pedestals and busts of 



