480 APPEXDTX, NO TI. 
as on earth ' . There was a story very generally credited, 
and the tradition has reached to our times, that the image 
of a man was concealed in the horse's left-foot, fore. By 
some, this image was said to represent a Vtnetian'^ ; by 
(1) In BandurVs Collection of the Ant\<\mi\eso( Constantinople, there 
are Four Books by an anonymous author : in the first of which we 
meet with a description of the same Equestrian Statue in the Forum 
Tauri. His words are : " In the middle of the Forum is an Equestrian 
•' Statue, which some consider to represent Joshua the son of Nun ; 
'' others, Bellerophon. It was brought from Antioch. The porphyritic 
" base of this statue was inscribed with the history of the Russians*, who 
" were finally to destroy the city itself. To avert this destruction, there 
" was a small bronze Figuref of a man, with his knees bent, and his arms 
" bound. The left foot of the horse explained the meaning of the cha- 
" racters engraven." 
('j) The text of the Fragment, as published by Banduri, differs occa- 
sionally from that o( Fcibricius. An inspection of the MS. itself could 
alone determine wliich is the more correct. And if we may judge from 
the Latin translations, they did not always agree in the meaning of dif- 
ferent passages : for instance, in the account of the Equestrian Statue in 
tlie Forum Tauri, Banduri reads, 'E» tou rZv 'BmnxZv ymouf <rivof vivai : 
and translates it, " Cujusdam esse ex factione Venefa," referring to the 
Blue Faction of the Circus. The text in Fabricius runs thus, T/a-J /xh i» 
ToZ Tut Bivir'iav :'" and the translation is, "Ex Venetis aliqutm referre 
sunt qui tradiderunt." In my opinion, it refers to the Blue Faction of 
the Circus, and not to the Venetian people. I am confirmed in this 
opinion by the passage which I liave translated from the Anonymous 
Author, where he speaks of this same magical Image; and then men- 
tions the future destruction of the city by the 'Russians,' as Banduri 
seems to understand the passage. The words are, ftiXXovruv 'Pag -re^hTv 
vi>.iy. For 'P^Jf we should doubtless read 'Puuir/av : and these Russians 
were no other than the Faction of the Circus, between whom and the 
-^^'"''^ 
• See the subsequent Note (2^. 
+ The celebrated Palladium, which has given its name to images of this description, 
" the Safe-guards of cities," was secretly conveyed from fiome, where it liad rested 
since the time of Romulus, to liis new city, by Conatantine. These images were de- 
nominated o-roixeia, and xeXe'ir/iaTa- From tliis latter word sprung tlie Jra c word 
Tilsemat, and our word Tulisman. 
