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144 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, subject is said to be Christ made known to the 
two Disciples at Emmaus, in breaking of bread. 
Upon the table appears a flagon, some radishes, 
and other articles of food. One of the Disciples 
is represented holding a cup half filled with red 
wine, and the right hand of our Saviour rests 
upon a loaf of bread'. A chandelier, with 
burning candles, hangs from the ceiling; and, 
what is more remarkable, the Fleur de Lis, as 
an ornament, appears among the decorations 
of the apartment. The form of the chalice in 
the hand of one of the Disciples, added to the 
circumstance of the chandelier, give to this 
picture an air of less antiquity than seems to 
characterize the second, which we found in the 
vaulted chamber, near to the altar; although 
these afford no document by which its age may 
be determined. Candelabra, nearly of the 
same form, were in use at a very early period, 
as we learn from the remains of such antiquities 
in bronze; and the Lily^, as a symbolical 
(1) In a former Edition, the author had stated a different opinion 
respecting the subject of this picture ; but he has been induced to 
alter it, in consequence of there being; a similar picture in one of the 
painted glass windows of Lichfield Cathedral, which is known to 
represent the meeting between our Saviour and the two Disciples at 
Emmcmn, as here specified. 
(2) The vulgar appellation of Fleur cte Luce is given in England to 
a species of /iw ; but the flower originally designated hy^e French 
term Fleur de Lis, was, as its name implies, a Lily. Jt is represented 
iii all antieut paintings of the Firgin; and sometimes in the hand of 
the 
