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ROOM XIV. 
Antiquities. 
The fragments of mosaic pavement (placed for 
the present in this Room) were found at Withing- 
ton in Gloucestershire. They were presented by 
Henry Brooke. Esq. 
FIFTEENTH ROOM. 
All the articles contained in this Room belonged 
to the Earl of Elgin. 
room xv. No. 1—15. Fifteen of the metopes belonging 
. to the Parthenon, which, alternately with the tri- 
glyphs, ornamented the frieze of the entablature 
surmounting the colonnade: they represent the 
battle between the Centaurs and Lapithee, or rather 
between the Centaurs and Athenians, who under 
Theseus joined the Lapithse (a people of Thessaly) 
in this contest. In some of these sculptures the 
Centaurs are victorious, in others the Athenians 
have the advantage, while in others again the vic¬ 
tory seems doubtful with respect to either of the 
combatants. These magnificent specimens of an¬ 
cient art are executed with great spirit, in alto- 
relievo ; they were seen at a height of nearly forty- 
four feet from the ground. 
No. 16. A plaster cast of the metope, No. 7• 
No. 15*—62. The exterior frieze of the Celia of 
the Parthenon, which embellished the upper part 
of the walls, within the colonnade, at the height 
of 
