Painting in England. H^ 



built on the defigns of Peter Cavalini, a 

 Roman fciilptor, and whom from various . 

 circumftances he difcovered to be the ar- 

 chitedl of the fhrine of Edward the Con- 

 feflbr. 



The reader, I am perfuaded, will be 

 pleafed to fee how ingenioufly my author 

 traced out this hitherto unknown fad:. 



The original infcription on the tomb ran 

 thus : 



Anno milleno Domini cum feptuageno 

 Et bis centeno, cum completo quali deno. 

 Hoc opus efl faftum, quod Petrus duxit in adlum 

 Romanus civis : Homo, caufam nofcere H vis. 

 Rex fuit Henricus, faiKfti praefentis amicus. 



The words Petrus duxit in a5ium Romanus 

 civis were difcernible 'till very lately. Some 

 old authors afcribe the eredlion of the fhrine 

 to Henry himfelf, others, to Richard de Ware 

 the Abbat, eledted in 1 260. It is probable 

 that botir were concerned. The new Ab- 

 bat repaired to Rome immediately on his 

 ele6tion to receive confecration from Ur- 

 ban IV. At that time, fays Vafari, fiouriflied 

 there Peter Cavalini, a painter and the in- 

 ventor of Mofaic, who liad performed feve- 



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