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ON THE BliONZE DOORS OF THE CATHEDUAL OF (INE.SEN. 223 111 the eighth panel is a seated figure wearing a ducal cap, and holding in the left hand a fleur-de-lis,^ while the right is extended towards a bishop who stands before him, and who holds a crozier in the left liand, while the right is elevated, and the fore-finger extended as in expostulation. Behind the duke stands a guard holding a sword, and behind him a part of a building is shown. Behind the bishop are four men, the last three of whom seem to be fastened together by ropes held by the first. The two first wear caps of a beehive form, with a rim at the lower part, and a round knob at the top. This probably represents St. Adalbert pleading with the Duke of Bohemia (Boleslaus Pius) on behalf of the captives. In the ninth panel four monks stand at a table on which are several vessels. Another approaches it carrying a pot ; behind him is an object on the ground, prol3ably representing a pitcher or other vessel overturned, and another lying on it ; towards this a monk bends down. Behind him, again, is another monk. The subject of this seems clearly to be the accident to the wine-pitcher, which occurred during St. Adalbert's first residence in the Roman convent. In the tenth panel a bishop is shown with four attend- ants in a boat, approaching the land. The boat has a high stem and stern-post, each carved at the top into an animal's head. On the shore is a group of six men, armed with swords, spears, and shields. The heads are either uncovered or covered only by close-fitting caps. The right hands are raised, but it is not easy to decide whether the gesture is meant for welcome or for warning. This panel probably represents the landing at Dantzic ; the costume of the men on shore is the same as that of the Prussians in panels Nos, 13, 14, and IG, but here the shields are ornamented and there plain, and these figures have swords, while the Prussians have none. In the eleventh panel a bishop appears in episcopal costume, holding a crozier in the left hand, while he gives a benediction with the right ; behind him are three attend- ant ecclesiastics, two of whom hold books. Before the ' Several of the earlier Kings of Rome, de-lis, or sceptre-heail, in tlic-ir rij;lit as Henry I., Louis the Fat, and Philip hands ; s<> is the Emperor FrKlerick II., An^ustus, are represented on their seals, in an ilhiinination. — (Agincourt, Fainting, (Montfaueon, Alonts. de la Monarchie plate 7:5.) Fran9aise, vols. i. and ii.) holding tteur-