then
tooled up according to the modern practice.* Of these offerings the
Iliac vases were the gift of Domitius Tutus, together with several of
the plainer dishes. The later pieces bear truly Celtic names as their
donors—Camulognata, Coigi filia—Maxuminus, Caratini
filius—Combaromarus, Buolmui fil—Emticeus—Germanissa Viscari.
Of
the enormous patinae recorded by Pliny, so difficult to conceal, so
tempting to the spoiler, only a few-representatives survive, and those
on a comparatively insignificant scale. At their head stands the
circular dish of the Cabinet of France, long known as the 'Shield of
.Soipio,' and, according to tradition, dredged up out of the Rhone by
some fishermen in the year 1666. It is 28 inches, or three Roman feet
in diameter, and weighs 25 pounds Troy (10 kilo.) The bas-reliefs
covering it, the " Restoration of Briseis," being at first understood
as the story of Scipio and the bride of Allucius, gave its popular
name. The style of art indicates the third century for its date, j
Equally late are the disci of Madrid, and that of Geneva, both with
historical subjects; the design on the latter commemorating the
marriage of
