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Painted Terracottas.

Paintings.

"Moises. A picture made of earthe, sette in a bore of woode."

69. "A woman in a purple garment with a garland of green leaves abowte her headde. A picture made of earthe.”

70. “A woman with a carnacion roobe knitte with a knotte on the lefte sholder and bareheaded, with her heare rouled opp with a white lace. A picture made of earthe.”

71. "A woman with a carnation garment after the englishe attier and bareheadded, with her heare rolled op with a white lace. A picture made of earthe, set in a bore of woode.”

72. "A woman her garment beinge Crymeson, her headde tyred after Flanders fasshon. A picture made of earthe.”

73. A woman in a roobe of ash coloure, and her heare trussed behynde her ears. A picture made of earthe."

74. "A woman with a coiffe of orrenge coloure oppon her headde. A picture made of earthe, set in a bore of woode."

Among miscellaneous subjects the following tables deserve to be specified

"A woman playing opon a lute with a booke before her and a little potte with lillies springinge out thereof." (6.)

"A woman playing oppon a lute and an old Manne holding a glasse in thone hande and a deadde mannes headde in thother hande." (5.)

“Men and women sittinge at a banquet and deathe_com= mynge in makinge them all afraide and one standinge with a sworde to kepe him oute at the dore. A stayned clothe.” (156.)

44 Sondrye men and women syttinge at a banquette in a woode and a crymeson clothe hange betwerte the croches of

twooe trees to shadowe them and a woman on horsebacke Inventowith footemen ruñynge by her. A stayned clothe." (157.)

“A lardge table painted with sondrye Emages of white and blacke, oppon tike nailed oppon borde." (153.)

ries of

Hen. VIII.

1542-47.

monde.

“Thoole Worlde. A mappe or a cardemaryne of parch- Mappement set in a frame of white woode, with the Kynge's Armes crowned supported by his grace's beastes."

Inventory,

The following extract from the index to the Inven- Index to tory of 1547, relating to Westminster, will afford some 1547. idea of the principal apartments in the old palace as it then existed. The numbers relate to the pages in the volume.

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46

The King's own Jewell house in the old gallory."

111

"The study at the hither end of the Long gallory."

113

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Many works of art were also deposited in St. James's Palace; as appears by the following list taken in 1548.

St. James's Several among them seem to correspond with those

Palace.

Edw. VI. already noted at Whitehall, and had probably been

1549.

Foreign Potentates.

moved away soon after the other inventory was taken.

St. James's House nigh Westminster.

"An inventory of the King's stuff remaining there in the charge and custody of Richard Coke, one of the grooms of the King's Privy Chamber, and keeper of the said house of St. James. Anno secundo regis Edwardi Serti.”

The list of pictures begins at page 446 of the second volume of the Inventory in the British Museum.-Harleian MS. 1419. B.

1. "Etem a table with the picture of Themperor Frederick." 2. "Etem a table with the picture of Madam Jahane."*

3. "Etem a table with the picture of Christianus Rex Danie." Christian, 2nd King of Denmark, who took refuge for a time in England.

4. "Etem a table with the picture of Christ with the scourdge in his hand."

5. "Etem a table with the picture of Queen Elizabeth."

6. "Etem a table with the picture of Carolus Rex Francie."

7. "Etem a table with the picture of Duke Phillippe th' Hardy." See ante, page 295, No. 53.

8. "Etem a table with the picture of Duke Carolus.”

9. "Etem a table with the picture of Duke John."

10. "Etem a table with the picture of David killing Gollias."

This picture appears to be Johanna of Arragon, wife of Philip le Bel of Austria. See ante, p. 293, No. 39.

11. "Etem a table with the picture of the Salutation of our Edw. VI. Lady in it."

Inventory of Pictures

at St.

12. "Etem a folding table with the picture of Christ and James's iiii pictures more in the same."

13. "Etem a table wherein is set a stained cloth being partly the Declaration of th'Appocalipses."

Palace,

1549.

14. "Etem a table with the picture of Arthurus Ker King Anglie."

Arthur.

15. "Etem a table with the picture of the Duke of Savoy." Foreign

16. "Etem a table with the picture of Julius papa secundus."

Compare post, page 330, No. 8.

17. "Etem a table with the picture of Duke Charolus."

18. "Etem a table with the picture of lerome Despaine." *

19. "Etem a table with the picture of Argus with this worde-Moderat Durant."

20. "Etem a table with the picture of the Quene of Hungrie now regent of Flanders, her head tired in white.”

This picture appears to be the one now at Windsor Castle, called "The Mother of Mary Queen of Scots." See ante, page 294, No. 46.

21. “Etem a table with the picture of Carolus the fifth Emperor."

22. "Etem a table with the picture of th'emperor Maximilian."

23. "Etem a table with the picture of roy Don ferdinand d'Arragon."

24. "Etem a table with the picture of John hispanie princeps."

* So the letters clearly read, but the meaning is hard to make out. The same observation applies to the motto in the picture following.

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Potentates.

"Tables

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tures in theym."

Margaret of Burgundy.

English
Monarchs.

25. "Etem a table with the picture of Marie Magdalen."

26. "Etem a table with the picture of a woman holding an apple in her one hand and the cover of a cup in th'other hand."

27. "Etem a table with the picture of a naked woman and cupid between her hands."

28. "Etem a table with a picture of the Duches of Milan."

29. "Etem a table with the picture of Julius Cæsar."

30. "Item a table with the picture of a woman holding a beast in her one hand with this scripture 'femrum natura hic depicta est.""

31. "Item a table with the picture of a woman named Domina Margareta dus Burgunds.”

32. "Etem a table with the picture of King Henry the vii.”

33. "Etem a table with the picture of the Countess of Richmond and Barbie.”

34. "Etem a table with the picture of the Assention of Christ."

35. "Etem a table with the picture of King Edward the iiiith."

36. "Etem a table with the picture of King Richard the iiide"

37. "Etem a table with the picture of Queen Elizabeth." 38. "Etem a table with the picture of King Henry the bith"

39. "Etem a table with the picture of Prince Arthur."

40. "Etem a table with the picture of King Henry theight."

41. "Etem a table with the picture of Caiphas sitting in Judgment uppon Christ."

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