. Illustrations of the remains of Roman art, in Cirencester, the site of antient Corinium . TESSELLATED PAVEMENTS OF COEINITJM. 33 of the pavement, is much injured by the growth of a walnut tree, the rootsof which pressed and broke down the pavement, so that that which is notabsolutely destroyed, is thus rendered verj;^ uneven; enough, however, isleft to show that this larger circle was occupied by pictures of animals, inwhich the lion, panther, leopard, and tiger are spiritedly pourtrayed ; thesebeasts are all walking in that measured pace befitting the solemn strains ofthe Phrygii cantus, th
. Illustrations of the remains of Roman art, in Cirencester, the site of antient Corinium . TESSELLATED PAVEMENTS OF COEINITJM. 33 of the pavement, is much injured by the growth of a walnut tree, the rootsof which pressed and broke down the pavement, so that that which is notabsolutely destroyed, is thus rendered verj;^ uneven; enough, however, isleft to show that this larger circle was occupied by pictures of animals, inwhich the lion, panther, leopard, and tiger are spiritedly pourtrayed ; thesebeasts are all walking in that measured pace befitting the solemn strains ofthe Phrygii cantus, they are subdued, not maddened, by the musician. In this respect the present example differs widely from the one atWithington, a village eight miles from Cirencester, as in this, which is alsoa representation of Orpheus and the beasts, we see the lion, bull, fox, hog,bear, stag, tiger, and horse, all scampering away as fast as their legs willcarry them; we confess the first is to us the best idealism of the effects ofgodlike music upon beasts of prey, the wildness of the second seems more
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