406 
This ufe of the word is impure: he 
eught to have writtei di/barbarized. To 
barbarize is to render barbarous: unbar- 
barized, therefore, means zet rendered 
barbarous : as if one fhould fay : 
The Swifs, unbarbarized by the atheiftical 
philofophy, do not fully their revolt with 
treacherous mafiacres, 
Thus wnerm’d means not having arms ; 
but difarm’d means having been deprived 
of arms. Why fo? becaufe the fyllable 
um is ufed for the inflection of adjectives, 
and therefore reverfes the quality ; but 
the fyllable dis is ufed for the inflection of 
verbs, and therefore reverfes the action. 
As to the fpelling of the formative fyl- 
lable zze, enough has already been faid 
in the Monthly Magazine, vol. xii. p. 
214 and 215. 
Underwrite. It deferved notice that 
the moft common employ of this word is 
technical: it fignifies to infure, becaufe 
he who infures uzderwrites a policy. 
Would-be. This familiarifm deferved 
record, as it is one of the few written in- 
ftances of an analogy common to the Go- 
thic languages—the ule of long phrafes in 
an adjectival capacity. In epiftolary 
writing I have feen a ftill bolder in- 
ftance : : 
The were-to-have-been Minifters of Fre- 
derick Prince of Wales. 
Tn converfation fuch turns are of hourly 
occurrence, and clafs among the never- 
to-~be-flighted refources of inftinétive elo- 
quetice. 
Writhle. From the verb to writhe, 
may be formed analogically the frequenta- 
tive fo writhle, fignifying to writhe fre- 
quently, to wrinkle. ‘This verb has cor- 
ruptly been written to wrizle both by 
Spenfer and Shakfpeare ; but Johnfon is 
right in preferring the analogical form. 
—Lina— 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
N the month of July, 1797, Mr. Jack- 
_ fen, a very intelligent Englifh travel- 
ler, obferved, near the ruins of ancient 
Ctefiphon,on the banks of the RiverTigris, 
fome curiofities well worthy the attention 
of thofe, whofe route to or from India, 
may lead them to purfue the fame courfe. 
Mr. Jackfon thus notices thofe antiques, 
in his ** Journey from India,” page 36: 
—‘* The banks being near ten feet per- 
pendicular above the furface of the water, 
we faw the foundations of teveral ancient 
buildings, which were chiefly of brick, 
and fo flrongly cemented together, as often 
Method of reftgring a Pitiure of Raphael’s. ut [Deete 
to overhang the water. Here were alfo 
vifinle a great many earthen jars, fome 
half expofed, others ready to fall into the 
water; and fome of them were of fingu- 
Jar conftrution.”’ It is, Sir, to. thofe 
earthen jars or vafes, that I would chiefly 
direG@ the attention of future travellers 5 
and, where they are fo numerous, I fhould 
think, one or two might be obtained, 
without confiderable difficulty, although 
Iam aware of the jealous ftupidity and 
ignorance of the Turks and Arabs, who 
throw every poffible obftacle in the way of 
antiquarian and f{cieniific refearches. In the 
mean time, 1 would inquire of your learn- 
ed Correfpondents, efpecially thofe conver- 
fant with Oriental antiquities, whether 
they fuppofe thofe earthen Jars to contain, 
—i. The afhes of the dead; or, 2. to 
have contained wine or other liquors ; or, 
3. (which is the leaft probable), to have 
been filled with money or other precicus 
articles. 
I cannot, at prefent, think of any other 
purpofes for which they could have been 
defigned, or, at leaft, which could have 
occafioned their fubterraneous fituation. 
Any information or conjeétures on this: 
fubject will be very acceptable to, 
Sept, 27, 1802. Sir, your’s, &c. 
ANATOLICUSe 
—ee oe 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
ACCOUNT of the METHODS taken, under 
the DIRECTION of the ADMINISTRA- 
TION of the CENTRAL MUSEUM of 
ARTS at PARIS, for the RESTORA- 
TION Of the famous PICTURE Of RAs= 
PHAEL, brought from FOLIGNO. 
6 ek celebrated piéture, known by 
the name of the Vzerge au Dona- 
taire, is one of the fineft works of Ra- 
phael Sanzio, born at Urbino, on Good 
Friday, in the year 1483, and who died 
at Rome, on the fame day, in 1520, aged 
thirty-feven years. 
It reprefents the Virgin feated in the 
midf of a glory of angels, and holding‘in 
her arms the infant Jefus, who plays with 
the robe of his mother. She receives with 
humility and modefty the vows and pray- 
ers made to her by St. John, St. Francis, 
and St. Jerome, in favour of a gentleman 
of the chamber of the Pope, who, with 
his hands joiued, fervently implores her 
protection. In the middle of the piece, 
and under the Virgin, with his eyes turn- 
ed towards her, an angel holds a tablet, 
deftined to receive the name of the cham- 
perlain, donor of the pifture. The back- 
ground reprefents a land{cape. 
This 
