in the Cabinet of Antiquitiesat*, th|^ Bibliothèque. du Roi, in Paris ^ jJ& oiji
parison with those in the British' Museum it would appear- to 4-b(>
représente a foot soldier, ^refetipglMs; kitefshaped ; shield-“ b&|§r$ ltim .p nR e
ground. In the Cabinet d’Antiques-there are with it four .mounted km’gm-,
evidently, belonging to the--aame_set, w i t h w h i c h arc diflereux fifaVw
were, we helieve, formerly in the'Trésor at “the. abbey of •.$?, Denis:" an « v ie re
represented as the remains of ti^V^jeu_-tit|éhéc.âe du tiJbi'eCljaflèmag-ne.-M'iËut
one.only'“of that original set now remains,- is uhtibubtèdïy ^mfentic,
and bears a.Cufiè inscription..-. .The monks $eèm* to" have*added ‘frofiÏHime
tôstime other ancient pieces- which .feïï into : their hands, to'supply^^MHec-ts
of the'set which had belonged to Charlemagne.
The initial letter at ~ the ; beginning. of the., preceding page is‘, takénÿrômRi
illuminated Biblmofthe twelfth century, preserved in th | Public Liblary at
Roüen.v ■
