The sun., 1881-11-27
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| horrors of the dark and pitiless grave. "a. .b
| Hero is a child in its narrow berth. with ~.
Jewels on lite arms and its rlaythines by ,u
| eide. Aud horo the Rkeletou of woman Will
| the bracelets stll on her wrists. Further on We
are shown another skeleton. which still clutchet
| between the thumb and forefngsr fthe right
hand u little piece OF brouze--the 0s rude. The
penny o! TINT remote. rude Ggc, With when tht
| discmbodied spirlt had to pay its rnssa9a
| across the dark river which is tho boundary oi
the reulm oi souls. In tho Homan iombs o
more recent ages probably th0usn and years at
least ln,rr,his toll for tho Stygian ferrvman il
placed in the mouth of the corpse. and thus are
they discovered in many places In central anu
The sapuichre. containing the remains oi
| eloquent We know. from history that the
corise was placed ON the funeral pyrearrnyed In
its cOstliest apparel and decked with the jewels
loved best in life. Besides. relatives. friends.
@ mems hna Threw tSrn tSrs ON ' he pe or nne into
the flames thoir jewels ae love offerings to the
departed. thinking that all these treasures ac-
tnguished them among their fellows there.
Little us the devouring flames have left, you
gen srosity OF these ancient E,ruscans by look
ing at these vast collections oi jewels arraycd in
such beautiful and systematic order in the
elnss cases extending down the middle
OF the vast hail. They come. most OF them.
frt n these bronze cistT. and from the large
cinornry urns or ossnaries arrnyed beneath
for avery cista or ossuary represents tomb.
aud contains Tor ccntained) tho ashes and bones
OF human body.
There is no need Of guide or explanation to
admire the workmanship . and ornainentaiion OF
these ossunries, OF OF the confusing variety OF
though dimmed with the dust. half destroyed
bv tho fire. and eaten by the rust OF 80 many
bone aud ivory. % glass u and amber. % ali eaanistsy
wrought and elegantly inodelicd-so exquisiteiy.
some OF 1t. rs to excite the admiration OF tho
foremost goldsmiths in Italy-are there to attest
that the Etruscans who were overwhol lIned hy
the barbarian Gauls or who preceded tho
Roman colonies OF upper Italy. we're iar ad-
vanCpu In the arts OF ctvlli2atIOn.
One great tomb at the upper extremity OF tho
at hs Pubic Garden L is To pass
1t by without stopping to admire the elegant
candelabra and the exauisitely chselled vessels
the various uses OF which nre so happily illus
trated by the design from a tomb of Central
We could not however. bewI!dersd as we
were by the wealth Of sepulchrai lore accnmu,
lated ia THE one vnst apartment, allow our kind
friend and guide TO fatigue himself in doing
what was in itself mpcssibe--explain every
thing to minds not familiar with arebfeological
we had to take good look at the steies. or mon
umental sculptured headstones taken from the
en snd nee here by the AIDE Of He
sands OF years. Tho sculpture is al in low re.
Egyptian sculptur.s-aye. and Assyrian sculp-
ture as well. But am not writing for the SCI
There is one large room exclusively occupied
by the contents oi huge vessel hlled with
G Gronzsd pieees. and discovered In 1875 near the
deposits severnl OF which have been found in
France and Switzerland. are known in the
scientific world by the name OF Jonderies-as II
they were masses o. broken metal destined to
be melted down in the furnace. The im-
portauce OF the Bolo2ness deposit may lie con.
jac;ured from the iact til at those OF France and
switzerland and other countries amount all to-
geihcr. TO only 30Gl places: whereas te huge
bronze vessel IN the BOoEucse Museum con-
tanned IA 0O0ls Nor ARE they all broken frag-
ments. although many are In iraRmentary or
mutiiated form. evidently intended To be recast.
But very many are quite fresh nom the iul nnce
and in various stages oi finish. There ara an
Immense number of instruments and utensils
rarely. II ever. found in tonins-utensils be,
longing to various trndes. There are 1000
fbulB. or cloak aud breast bins. some OF which
have Just been taken from the furnace. and
others are IN various stages Of finish and or
namentation. There is no iron. Hence the
scientifc vaine OF this rare and precious col
lection fourd in n single vessel.
shall rpars your readers the description OF
the other rooms devoted 10 Etruscnn nntiqui-
ties. IA we'll as that OF the Egyptian. Gracian.
ami Roman departments. every one of which IL
most remarkable for the number and value OF
Tho MediBvai Department OF the Museum
one OF the slories OF BploGnR-over which, as
Frs pIssidea sr w"i y r,oire n, aer so ,s
to give any idea OF its wealth. Here are ex-
uuisIte mad ipvai tomte. many OF them erected
20 tho memory of BoIogncse professors. when
bologna University WAS the great law school OF
Europa. Most touching II is to SEQ how elo-
uunntly tils SCULPTOR makes ihs marble tell the
story OF tho dead jnrsts useful life. represent
ing him In the Professors chair with his schol-
ars about him. every head instinct with life and
hearing the stamp of its own individuality.
There are also. among other treasures. some
2tF5 choIai books and Missals. axqu.sit.iv Illus
tratei by mini ,turs painters Hidtori) Of the
fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. All poor
monks! ih"y lttis dreamed OF laborinE Tor the
museums oi dogma and Florence.
was unwilling 10 trcS,akS too long on the
goodness It Count GoZzId!ui. or to expose the
Z uatrss To unnecessary fatigue. Indeed, while
Was tax N. u hasty survey Di the supsrb Nd
scum OF Ceramlr Art-srcund only To the Flor
cntine colleetion-ihc Countess and Mrs. White
had remained seated in The Egyptian Room
chatting away mcrrllv on America.
lear tor Iunt GoZza iiul'- health. He was
preparing some publications an the discovery
OF cemeteries iuore auci-ut tnan any hitherto
q discovered, an uniIkr. in many RESPECTS. those
described in his published works. Can H. ind
heart to - on without her wno was never aD-
sent from his side? Assure,ily na has been the
soul o! p--nistorc scleuce IN northern Italy,
and his loss would be regretted by all true
scholars in every laud.
BEESAED O'REILLY.