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thington in Gloucestershire. They were presented, room xiv. 
in 1811 , hy Henry Brooke, Esq . Antiquities. 
FIFTEENTH ROOM. 
ALL THE ARTICLES IN THIS ROOM, EXCEPT A FEW 
WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY SPECIFIED, BELONG¬ 
ED TO THE EARL OF ELGIN. 
No. 1—15. Fifteen of the metopes belonging room xv. 
to the Parthenon, which, alternately with the tri- antiquities. 
glyphs, ornamented the frieze of the entablature 
surmounting the colonnade : they represent the 
battle between the Centaurs and Lapithse, 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 victory seems doubtful with respect to 
either of the combatants. These magnificent 
specimens of ancient 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 the frieze of the Pronaos, and which 
was continued in an uninterrupted series of sculp¬ 
ture entirely round the temple. It is in very low 
relief. The subject represents the sacred proces¬ 
sion 
