behind, remind ns rather of the magnificence and splendour of-the days“"of
papal rule, than of the simplicity of the primitive ages. Even the ji'ofkj' by
the little we can see of the upper border of the leaves, seems to -berintepded
for an illuminated missal. ‘Her glove, according to’-the’ c^pip^of.'tpi^age of
Lucas, has'an opening in the finger .to'show the richness' 'tifitjhe' jewel trihich
adorns hen ring, ; The lamb, which, the artist has here-introduced, is intended
to be emblematical of her name. ,The monks were very partial, taririese
punning explanations, of .the, names ,of-their saints, taken'from- different languages;
and fheyrfeiled tnot to observe that the- name jpf> this virgin martyr
not only in Greek indicated the chastity for .which she suffered (ayt/jjj, clyvog,
chaste) ; but that in 'Latin it represented a lamb (agria)^£or she washumble
and debonayre as a-lambe.” - (Golden Legend.).
. . The specimen of an ornamental pavement.at the foot df the"precfedihg-p'age,
is taken from a MS. of the fifteenth century in the- Royal Library at R^ris
(No. 6851). The cut at: the foot of the present page, representing a. domestic
altar, was furnished by a MS. of the Bodleian Library, at Oxford.