CARVED STONE at DYKE , 
AND 
TIARAS of different Nations, 
T H E ornament at the top of the obeliflc reprefented in the plate of the former 
Number, and here made the central figure at top, is one of the moil elegant 
thefe trophies, that occupy the more diftinguifhed departments of thefe monu- 
ment s. When thefe are compared together, they have no fuch general refemblance 
^ould chara&erife them to be of one and the fame import ; yet they apparently 
’ ave fuch diftinguiihing features as may enable thofe who perufe them with atten- 
tl0n > and are a little acquainted with the ftile in which even familiar objefts are 
le P r efented, in the ancient fculptures and drawings of rude ages, to trace their 
°'' 1 g>n and reference, and the archetypes from whence they are derived. In this 
P ate are therefore given two concomitant rows of figures, between which there is 
evident uniformity and correfpondence in defign, as would be very unaccount- 
. e > if the one fet had not, by fome means or other, been derived as copies or 
Stations of the former. 
^ "The row termed Caledonian is copied from thofe carved monuments, in the 
° r th of Scotland , now under confideration. The other row, termed continental, 
,c k are compofed of lines of fuch correfponding form, are fimilar Iketches taken 
as ° m au thentic reprefentations of the bonnets, tiaras, or crowns of Emperors, &V. 
s figured on carved monuments, glafs paintings, and in the drawings on ma- 
Cr 'pts, done on the Continent at feveral periods, from the eighth to the twelfth 
j ntUr ies, confequently rather previous to the seras of the fculptures under review, 
and V. are crowns of Charlemagne, and other nearly cotemporary Emperors, 
is on the figure that terminates the ancient feeptre of France-, and IV. is 
n tfie feal 0 f Lotharius the King. 
*** r °ws, copied in rude conformity to the drawings of the originals, exhibit 
,, -fiiug of the progrefs of tafte.— -The original tiara of princes was a very fimple 
ref . e > i ts ornaments unoftentatious. As arts improved, and the tafte of grandeur 
‘‘‘ ec ^ r ficy enriched the diadem with precious ftones, amidft ornamental foliage 
d flowers, 
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