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were, I. A large flat earthen vefl'el, extremely thick, with 

 the potter's llamp very diftinft, " Boriedof, Boriedi ojjicina." 

 Z. An entire patera of copper, about fix inches diameter, 

 with a handle. 3. The imperfect remains of a fimilar 

 veflel. 4. A column, or colander of the fame fize and me- 

 tal. 5. Several concave and circular plates of copper, with 

 loops behind, which had evidently been intended to fallen 

 them perpendicularly againft a fhaft, in order to form a 

 Roman vexillum : fuch are frequent upon ancient monuments; 

 but for a particular illuftration, the reader is referred to a 

 monument of Lucius Duecius, fignifer of the ninth legion, 

 in Horlley, pi. 63. 6. A very fine helmet, of which the 

 <?reft was a fphinx, afterwards unfortunately lolt, the head- 

 piece enriched with ba1lo relievos of armed men ikirmifhing 

 with fwords, and a vifor, confuting of an entire and Deautiful 

 female face, with orifices at the eyes, mouth, and noltrils." 

 Thefe remains were depofited in the rhufeum of Charles 

 Townley, efq. The helmet particularly merits attention. 

 From the ityle of the head-piece, it is conjectured by the bed 

 judges not to be prior to the age of Severus ; but the viior 

 is a much more delicate and exquifite piece of workmanfhip, 

 and is fuppofed not only to be Grecian, but, from the bold- 

 nefs of its lines, to belong to a period fomewhat anterior to 

 the laft perfection of the arts in that wonderful country. 

 For engraving of this helmet, with fame obfervations there- 

 on, fee " Vetufta Monumcnta," vol. iv. 



The chief remains of this ltation, now vifible, are a muti- 

 lated rampart and folic, furrounding a fmall eminence near 

 the church, which is called Anchor-hill, from the cir- 

 cumstance of fevxral anchors having been dug up at its bafe. 

 In the fame place, lome years ago, an entire veflel was 

 difcovered at a great deptli beneath the furface of the ground. 

 From this place the Roman road, called Watling-ftxeet, 

 ltretches itfelf in a northern direction over Long Ridge 

 Fell, marked by " a long Itripe of green interfering the 

 brown heath of the mountain." Hence it is denominated 

 Green Lane. It enters Yorkfhire a little below Dowford 

 bridge, and proceeds by Newton and Bentham to the cele- 

 brated ftation at Overborough. 



The paritli of Ribcheiter formerly conttituted a portion 

 of the original parifh of Whalley, but was fevered from it at 

 the fame time with that of Chipping. According to the 

 parliamentary returns of 181 1, it contained 649 bodies, and 

 3544 inhabitant?, including the townlhips of Ribcheiter, 

 Dilworth, Dutton, Allton, and Hotherfal. 



At Stedc, in the vicinity of Ribcheiter, is a parochial 

 ehapel, which Dr. Whitaker ftates to be the wldeft building 

 within the boundaries of ancient Whalley. It appears to 

 have formerly belonged to a guild, or hofpital, and, from the 

 ftyle of its architecture, was probably eredted in the reign 

 of king Stephen. The arches are flightly pointed, and are de- 

 corated with zigzag, and other S?xon ornaments. .In the in- 

 terior is a " coffin tomb" of high antiquity, placed in front of 

 the pulpit, which is elevated upon an antique flone pediment. 

 The floor is covered with ancient grave (tones, fome of 

 which are infcribed with Longobardic or Norman characters. 

 An Hiltory of the original Parifh of Whalley and Honor 

 of Clitheroc, in the Counties of Lancalter and York, by 

 Thomas Dunham Whitaker, L. L. D., F. S. A. 2d edit. 

 4to. Lond. 1806. A Defcription of the Country, from 

 thirty to forty Miles round Mancheiter, by J. Aikin, M. D. 

 4to. Lond. 1795. Hiftory of Mancheiter, by John Whita- 

 ker, B. D., F. S. A. 2. vols. 4to. 1771. Antiquitates Bre- 

 metonacenfes ; or the Roman Antiquities of Overborough, 

 fee. Lond. 4to. 1746. 



RIBECOURT, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Oife, and chief place of a canton, in the diflri6t of 



Compiegne. The place contains 520, and the canton 8805 

 inhabitants, on a territory of 182^ kiliometres, in 21 com- 

 munes. 



RIBEMONT, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Aifne, on the Oife, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftnet of St. Quentin ; fix miles S.E. of St. Quentin. 

 The place contains 2345, and the canton 12,497 inhabitant', 

 on a territory of 182-5 kiliometres, in 17 communes. 



RIBENSKOl, a 'town of Ruflia, on the Tungufka ; 

 72 miles E.S.E. of Emieifk. 



RIBERA, Francis de, in Biography i a learned Spanifh 

 Jefuit in the fixteenth century, was born in the year 1537. 

 He purfued his academical fiudies at the univerfity of Sa- 

 lamanca, and acquired a high reputation for his intimate ac- 

 quaintance, not only with the Latin, but with the learned 

 languages alfo. Having been ordained prieft, he retired to 

 his native place, that he might profecute his theological 

 ftudies in uninterrupted privacy, at the iame time he was 

 able to affift his brethren in the neighbouring country- 

 churches. In the year 1570, when he was thirty-three 

 years of age, he was perluaded to unite himfelf with the 

 difciples of Loyola, and become a member of their fociety. 

 He now fpent molt of his time in interpreting the fcriptures, 

 and filling the chair of profeflor of divinity, in their feminary 

 at Salamanca, till his death, which happened in the year 

 1 59 1. He was author of numerous works, which are itill 

 in eitimation with the Catholics ; among thefe may be men- 

 tioned " Commentarii in XII. Prcphetas minores, fenfum 

 eorundem Prophetarum hiltoricum et moralem, fxpe etiam 

 Allegoricum complectentes," 4to. " Commentarii Hiftorici 

 felefti in XII. Prophetas minores," 8vo. " De Templo, 

 et iis qua; ad Templum pertinent Lib. V." 8vo. And " The 

 Life of St. Therefa, Foundiefs of the reformed Order of 

 the barefooted Carmelites," written in the Spaniih lan- 

 guage. 



Ribera, Giuseppe. See Spagnoletto. 



Ribera, in Geography. See St. Jago. 



Ribera de Mutia, a town of Portugal, in Eltramadura ; 

 fix miles N. of Thomar. 



RIBERAC, a town of France, and chief place of a dif- 

 tritt, in the department of the Dordogne ; 17 miles E. ot 

 Perigueux. The place contains 2985, and the canton 1 1,194 

 inhabitants, on a territory of 85 kiliometres, in 13 com- 

 munes. N. lat. 45 14'. E. long. 6° 25'. 



RIBERA1RY, a town of Abyfiinia; 25 miles E.N.E. 

 of Axum. 



RIBES, in Botany, an Arabian name, properly belong- 

 ing to an acid-leaved Ipecies of Rhel'aM, fee that article ; 

 but which botanilts, for about 200 years palt, have, by 

 miltake, applied to the currant and goofeberry family, and 

 with thefe it now remains. They conftitute a natural and 

 very important genus. — Linn. Gen. III. Schreb. 154. 

 Wi'lld. Sp. PL v. 1. 1153. Mart. Mill. Dift. v. 4. Sm. 

 Fl. Brit. 263. Prodr. Fl. Grxc. Sibth. v. 1. 160. Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. v. 2. 4c. Purfli 163. Jufl'. 310. Lamarck 

 Illuflr. t. 146. (Grollularja ; Tourn. t. 409. Gasrtn. t. 28.) 

 — Clafs and order, Pentandna Monogynla. Nat. Ord. 

 Pomaces, Linn. CaBi, Jufl. 



Gen. Ch. Gal. Perianth fuperior, of one leaf, tubular, or 

 bell-ihaped ; the limb cut, about half way down, into five 

 oblong, concave, coloured, reflexed, permanent fegments. 

 Cor. Petals five, fmall, obtufe, erect, inferted into the rim 

 of the caly>t, Stam. Filaments five, awl-ihaped, ere£t, 

 inferted into the rim of the calyx ; anthers incumbent, com- 

 prefled, burfting at the edges. Pifi. Germen roundilh, in- 

 ferior; Ityle cloven; ftigmas obtufe. Peric. Berry globofe, 

 umbilicated, of one cell, with two lateral, oppofite, longi- 

 tudinal 



