A CHALICE.
F'|iT('ffl|r tHe most' - beautiful« speci-
fjlmêhsfpf ornamented Chalices must
kf»e *pla'e'f d the subject of our pre-
Lson.typhito, w;lii |||| is preserved at
r>iLs>i, in .Lilly. It is of silver gilt,
and tlfe** stand is richly adorned
1 and-niillo A\oik, re-
^ ^B » tfn hiJ fihrures "pf saints, Ac.
TIk'" uatoLniL’-irs fabrication, and
BrwoTgwriîlo of.the artist, are1 pre-
taerved in „two insentii.ior fsr.HBBnSnE8F4»aT>i hi 1 lefUÉ^Ç round
gfm>>‘t>iTid, tllc£1 e iX ^ d » “d u g inlaid fi^g fflp on a l%te ground.
>-The-.ïhst inscription
• jï3)©i©ï:ma5..papr.ciaa9aOTâ.
B ü — P as B H 9
. jstaiams®.... b® . s®js3is. jpm m .
’Nflljjjnln-. jvas om a 12 ^ SAto 1 - T2"£ so ..that the
g>hMi.ee'lifaforTiylis is an au t uenwmnonji riftnfeot Italian* aif
gH^tire Tatter half'x>f feMAgtecnr^^ ^miinv.’ IVtmre not
"aware that%nere is any o w | iiccmnitEtfilan artist-of Sienna
of the najre. 6hhm|BctB^ 'Jw.lsistf l^teiubf 1 Pie-^ om B uapte
?'i'S' nearly^destiriyed^nd it is it originally
was. 'It appears n^HHHHB^pl^^^Pppn'uin^tianue of
"his1.nftTn&ywHBMpMjM Uf^ ^ tehi^y ChflliQb1," that' it was
given to^nel eEfn^^by nl jspc '"Nicholas.
The font. ^Mtilr torins the siMi?r np)f fne^^^dfcut at the
end of the nresehtia^giny.i^ c)tthlf^M/he]Jhaine date as the
preceding chalice, arid stH il^ ^ ^M M B itiia..
' ‘Our ieit.iti.l l^^OTroirigs na ^^Srfrom Italian to English
art. It is taken ff'om looj& handsomely
iliumihated manusc^M ^ f^' tnpSbcgimiiriif of.the fourteenth
Eeentury, which - .ha g ^ ^ ^ ^ f c ^ ^ B ^ 8 ^ other; cuts for the
present work; and forni.s^jti^Khi<t.ialito:-brio-bf-ddigi chapters
.pf; an old I r i h in li il i r ’ n- rh subject of which
..ehfl.ptp.r ig'.Hhmdiseases subsequent to childbirth.