. Illustrations of the remains of Roman art, in Cirencester, the site of antient Corinium . d chest closely muffled in the hooded cloak, which, as we learnfrom Mr. Hope, in his Costume of the Antients, was not only formerlyused by the Romans, but remains to this day the usual protection againstcold and wet, with all the seafaring inhabitants both of the Islands ofthe Ai-chipelago and the shores of the Mediterranean. * But still further,as pointing the symbolic meaning of this figure, we may mention thebrown leafless branch which rests against the left shouldt-r. This figure is conceived in muc
. Illustrations of the remains of Roman art, in Cirencester, the site of antient Corinium . d chest closely muffled in the hooded cloak, which, as we learnfrom Mr. Hope, in his Costume of the Antients, was not only formerlyused by the Romans, but remains to this day the usual protection againstcold and wet, with all the seafaring inhabitants both of the Islands ofthe Ai-chipelago and the shores of the Mediterranean. * But still further,as pointing the symbolic meaning of this figure, we may mention thebrown leafless branch which rests against the left shouldt-r. This figure is conceived in much the same spirit as those of a likecharacter in Cirencester; there is the same propriety of conception andboldness of drawing, but Mr. Tucker, in his interesting paper upon theCirencester pavement, in the 6th vol. of the Journal of the ArcheeolocjicalInstitute, concludes that although the designs at Bignor are extremelyelaborate, the execution of the work is coarser than at Cirencester. Exquisite drawings of this head of Winter will be found in Mr. Lysons Vol. I. p. 41. Plate IV. ^.^^.. \. v» >% \4 \ ?. %» i« \* ll N • ••}•. Wi\ ! r / ^ Poraona- TESSELLATED PAVEMENTS OF COEINITJM. 45 magnificent volume on the Bignor pavements,* which will furnish usefulhints to those who might wish to fill up the missing portion of the Ciren-cester floor with an appropriate III. The Squares and Triangles. The intermediate portions of thecomposition which now remain, are two of the squares or lozenges, contain-ing in one a dancing female figure scattering flowers, and in the other aMedusas head. This latter was a favourite subject for smaller divisionsof mosaic pavements; the one in this floor is full of expression, and is indeeda drawing of great power. The smaller divisions of the Pavement are filled up with leaves andvarious kinds of frets, which are not only tastefully wrought, but appearto have been disposed with due regard to chromatic eflTect. An examination of the
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