the scutcheons on the front of the tomb were, like the pillars, similarly adorned. The figure of Durand, evi dently a portrait, was broadly chiselled with well marked planes of features. The angels were of that form and proportion which Giotto had already introduced, though still of the old style in the imperfection of the features. The draperies were, for the time and place, a remarkable instance of progress. In the mosaic, the stature of the personages was fair and well proportioned. A large head on a thin neck — a melancholy expression in the almond shaped eye, might be noticed in the Virgin. There lingered something still of the old Roman forms of the eleventh and twelfth century. 1 The nose was depressed and some what masculine, but the hands were more than usually neat and long-fingered. The infant Saviour was well proportioned, and the saints pleasing by their natural air of humility. 2 The group was indeed as remarkable for a certain expression of religion and piety as for the ab sence of that grimness which had so long characterized the Italo-Byzantine manner. 3 On the base of the tomb were the words: Hoc est sepulcrum Din Gulielmi Durati epi mi- matensis ord. pred .... rediit domini sub mille trecentis quatuor amotis annis. Johs filius magri Cosmati fee. hoc. opus. 4 In the same year 1304, the tomb of Cardinal Matteo d’Acqua Sparta was erected in the left transept of Araceli. It was conceived and carried out on the same principle 1 For instance those beginning at S. Urbano alia Caffarella. 2 The figure of the bishop is long, with a certain antique feel ing in the form of the features, i 3 The whole of the lower part | of the mosaic, including almost the whole of the kneeling bishop, the draperies of the Virgin from the knees downwards, is restored with painted stucco. There is quite a family likeness between this monument and that of Card. Anchera at S. Prassede. 4 In a corner is the following: “Camillus Cecearini restaur 1 fe cit anno 1817.” Van der Hagen in “Briefe, &c. gives the following inscription on a tomb in S. Balbina at Rome. f Johes filius magri Cosmati fecit hoc opus . . . hie jacet . . . . Domin. Stephan D. Surd. Dni p. p. capttan. Kunstblatt 1825. No. 41.