Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 36
portraits,scenes and inscriptions. Byexamining these carvings wecan frequently ascertain whowas the consul that issuedthem, and often enough wecan find his portrait carefullydrawn. In one of the manyexcavations made in the Forum at Eome, tablets containing a list of Koman consulswere found, and… … Fig. 15.—Ivory diptych of theconsul Yalentinian, a.d. 380. 24 THE BOOK: ITS HISTOEY AND DEVELOPMENT. diptychs are rarely less than six or seven inches inlength. The privilege of giving away finely carved ivory diptychswas highly esteemed, and in the fourth century theEmperor Theodosius issued an…
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