DECORATIVE TAVEMENT AT RHEIMS.

39 and their subjects consist of the building of the Ark, the trical of Abnaliam's faith, four from the history of Lot, seven from tliat of Jacob, nineteen from tlic life of Moses, ten from the history of Daniel, and six from that of Susannah, besides a series of half quarries ornamented with foliated designs. Of these I am enabled to give five illustrations as samples of the rest, selected from a work treating of these specimens of ancient art, by Professor Tarbd, to whom I am otherwise indebted for much information on this subject. The four varieties of border will be seen in figs. 1, 2, 4 and .5, and the form of the three varied compartments which enclose the historical subjects will also be understood from the three first illustrations. 1. The Uuilding of Noah's Ark. No. 1 commences the existing series. It portrays the building of the ark. Above is the Deity giving his command, VOL. XI. ^ a