82 ON AN ALABASTER SCULPTURE. 



figure to the last, but the hands rest on the front edge of the 

 tomb, from which it seems to be rising. Above — small naked 

 figure, kneeling, in an oval (like No. III.), upheld by two angels. 



VI. In the Ashmolean Museum. Came from Tradescant's 

 collection. It is described as " the Vernicle." Below — a figure, 

 like the preceding ones, rising from a tomb. Above — the 

 sculpture terminates, like Nos. I. and II., with the rim of the dish. 



VII. Described by Rev. E. Duke, who then (1824) owned it, 

 in a long letter to the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. xciv., part ii., 

 p. 209, with an illustration. Below — a figure, like the preceding 

 ones, rising from a tomb, the hands on the breast ; the tomb in 

 a slightly sloping position, as though suddenly disturbed. Above — 

 a small naked, kneeling figure, like No. V., supported by two 

 angels ; also the figures of two saints, appearing above the dish, 

 as in No. IV., St. Catharine on the dexter, and the Blessed 

 Virgin with lily on the sinister. 



VIII. Described (and owned) by Mr. J. B. Nichols in the 

 Gentleman's Magazine for 1824, vol. xciv., part i., p. 397. Below — 

 figure rising from tomb. Above — youthful head, supported by 

 drapery, upheld by angels. 



IX. Given by Dr. Meyrick to Mr. J. B. Nichols, described 

 and engraved in Gentleman' s Magazine for 1824, vol. xciv., part 2, 

 p. 209. Below — lamb on the ground. Above — youthful head, 

 supported by drapery, upheld by angels. 



X. Described in Gentlettian 's Magazine for 1824, vol. xciv., 

 part ii., p. 292. Came originally from Horrington, Somerset. 

 Below — lamb on the ground. Above— v& in Nos. VIII. and IX. 



XI. Described and engraved in Stukeley's Palaographia 

 Britafinia. The central head is flanked by figures of St. Peter 

 and St. Paul. Below — figure rising from tomb, the hands 

 crossed. Above — two saints appearing above the rim of the 

 dish ; on the dexter St. Catharine, on the sinister the Blessed 

 Virgin. 



Having thus enumerated and described the salient features of 

 each example, it may be well to mention the differing suggestions 

 that have been made respecting the central head and leading idea 



