Gloucester. It is esteemed a most excellent piece of Gothic architecture, being well proportioned, and finished in high taste, especially its roof. Over the Divinity-School the Duke erected the Library, which he furnished with many choice volumes procured from Italy in the years 1440 and 1443, besides considerable additions bequeathed at his death three years after. In the year 1597 Sir Thomas Bodley repaired the old Library of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, and in 1599 fitted it for the reception of books. An additional eastern gallery was begun by him in the year 1610, and another gallery on the west, projected by him, was erected afterwards. He furnished the Library with a numerous collection of books, procured, with much care and expence, from all parts of the world. Sir Thomas Bodley died Jan. 28, 1612, leaving an estate for the maintenance of a Librarian, &c. as well as for the necessary repairs of the Library: he added also a body of Statutes for the regulation of his new institution, which were afterwards confirmed in Convocation. Many large and valuable collections of Greek and Oriental Manuscripts, as well as choice and useful Books, have been added to this Library by later Benefactors; particularly the Earl of Pembroke, Archbishop Laud (to whom alone it is indebted for its inestimable Oriental Manuscripts), Sir Thomas Roe, Sir Kenelm Digby, General Fairfax, Dr. Marshall, Dr. Barlow, Dr. Rawlinson, Mr. Saint Amand, and Mr. Godwyn: considerable purchases are likewise annually made at the expence of the University. The Library and Picture-Gallery are open from nine o'clock till three. The ARUNDEL MARBLES, part of the ancient collection of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, are now placed to advantage in a large apartment on the north side of the Schools. In the Logic and Moral Philosophy School is the collection of Marbles, Statues, Bustos, &c. which were many years at Easton, the seat of the Earl of Pomfret, and were in 1755 presented to the University by the Countess of Pomfret. A CATALOGUE OF THE POMFRET STATUES, BUSTOS, MARBLES, &e. As they stand numbered in their present repository. STATUE of a Grecian Lady, 7 feet high, wants both arms. 2 A ditto of Archimedes, 7 feet 2 high, wants an arm. 3 A ditto of a Roman Emperor, 7 feet high, wants one arm and the nose.-Perhaps modern. 4 A ditto of Minerva, 9 feet high. 5 A ditto of a Roman Emperor, 7 feet high, wants one arm. Perhaps modern. A ditto of Cicero in the proper habit, 6 feet 9 inches high.The drapery very masterly. He has the Sudarium in the right, and the Scroll in the left hand. The character of the countenance settled indignation, in which he seems "preparing to speak. A ditto of a Grecian Lady, 7 feet high, wants arms.-The drapery falling over the right leg is finely conducted. * A Column from the Temple of Apollo at Delphos, with the capital and base, and an Apollo placed at the top, 24 feet 6 inches high. ♦ A statue of Sabina, 6 feet 9 inches high. 10 A Venus de Medicis. 11 A square Roman Altar, 1 foot 2 inches by 1 foot 3. 12 Terminus of Pan, 5 feet 7 inches, wants an arm. 13 A statue of Minerva, 5 feet high, wants an arm and the nose. 14 A circular Roman Altar, 2 feet 4 inches high. 15 A statue of a Woman, 6 feet high, wants arms and part of the nose. 16 A Venus clothed. 17 A circular Roman Altar, 2 feet 4 inches high. 18 A statue of Clio sitting, 4 feet 6 inches high, wants one arm and hand. 19 A circular Roman Altar, 2 feet 4 inches high. 20 A statue of a young Dacian, 4 feet 3 inches high.-Perhaps Paris. It is of great antiquity. 21 A Roman Altar, 2 feet 4 inches high. 22 A statue of Antinous, 5 feet 6 inches high, wants a finger of the right hand. 23 A Grecian Lady, 4 feet 8 inches high, wants an arm. 24 A statue of Jupiter and Leda, 3 feet 10 inches high, wants arms. 25 An antique Capital, 1 foot 6 by 2 feet, wants a corner. 26 A circular Pedestal finely ornamented with heads and festoons of fruit, 3 feet by 1 foot 3 diameter. 27 A statue of Scipio Africanus, or Demosthenes, 7 feet high.The drapery in a very bold style: it is probably of some orator; the right hand being laid on the breast in a persuasive posture. 28 A ditto of a Woman clothed, 3 feet 8 inches, wants the head. 29 A Trunk of a Woman, 2 feet 1 inch high. 30 A Boy with his Finger in his Mouth, 2 feet 5 high. 81 A statue of Jupiter sitting, 3 feet high, wants a hand. 32 A ditto of a Woman, 3 feet 4 inches high. 33 The Trunk of a Woman, 2 feet 1 inch high. 34 Germanicus's Tomb, 7 feet by 1 foot 8. 35 Two Capitals with Beasts' Heads, 2 feet 3 inches high. 36 An Egyptian Chair, 2 feet 5 by 1 foot 8.-Belonging to ȧ priest of Isis and Osiris. 37 A Stone carved with a Claw at the end, 2 feet 7 by 2 feet 6. 38 A statue of a Roman Consul, 7 feet high, wants one hand, and the fingers of the other. 39 A ditto of a Woman, 4 feet high, wants the head. 40 A ditto of Flora, 3 feet 10 inches. 41 A ditto of Hercules, 4 feet high, wants hands. 42 A ditto of Diana, 4 feet 8 inches high, wants arms. 43 A ditto of Hymen leaning on his Torch, 5 feet 6. 44 A ditto of Venus half naked, 4 feet high. 45 A circular Altar, 2 feet 6 inches high. 46 A statue of Melpomene sitting, 4 feet high.-Perhaps it is Agrippina, in the character of Melpomene. 47 A circular Roman Altar, 2 feet 10 inches high. 50 A statue of Camilla, € feet 5 inches high. 31 A ditto of a Grecian Philosopher, 5 feet high, wants the right arm. 52 A circular Roman Altar, 2 feet 2 inches high. 53 A statue of Caius Marius, 6 feet high.-It has a noble se verity. 54 A statue of Bacchus naked, 4 feet 2 inches high.-A delicate piece of sculpture. The hand is added with much address by Guelphi, by whom are all the modern additions. 55 A circular Roman Altar, 2 feet 2 inches high. 56 A statue of Julia, 6 feet 9 high, wants the arms. 37 A Roman Fathom, 6 feet 10 inches by 2 feet. 58 A Sphynx, 5 feet 8 inches long. 59 A ditto, somewhat less. 60 A Sacrifice, 2 feet 3 by 2 feet. 61 A basso relievo of a Dacian's Sacrifice, 2 feet by 2 feet 4. 62 Part of a Sacrifice, l'foot 8 inches by 1 foot 2. 63 A naked Trunk of an Hermaphrodite. 64 Basso relievo, 1 foot 10 inches by 1 foot 3. 65 Basso relievo of a Shepherd, 2 feet by 11 inches. 66 A Bacchanalian, 2 feet 3 inches by 2 feet. 69 A Trunk of a Woman sitting, 2 feet 7 inches. 71 A Trunk of a Woman sitting, 2 feet 7 inches. 16 A Man's Head, 10 inches high, wants the nose. 79 A statue of a young Satyr, 2 feet 6 inches high. 80 A naked Trunk of a Man, 2 feet 6 inches high. 81 Beasts devouring Men.—It is the pedestal of a table; Scylla and Charybdis are represented devouring mariners, whose attitudes are extremely fine. 82 A Trunk of a Woman, 2 feet 8 inches high. 83 Part of a Man's Foot. 84 A naked Trunk of a Man, 2 feet 6 inches high. 85 Part of two Masks, 2 feet 5 inches by 1 foot 9. 86 A Lion, 3 feet 10 inches long. 87 An Alabaster Urn, 2 feet 8 inches high. 88 A Sarcophagus, 5 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 6. 29 Statue of Judith, 4 feet 6 inches high. 90 A ditto of Hercules choaking a Lion.- Few figures have greater spirit. On the rock adjoining seems to have been the figure of a Woman, perhaps of a Muse singing the achievement to her harp. 91 A Sarcophagus with Boys, 4 feet by 1 foot 4. 92 A Sea Lion, 3 feet 6 inches long, 2 feet 4 inches high. 93 Dogs and a Boar, 2 feet long. 94 A sleeping Cupid, 2 feet 5 inches high.-The Lizard may be a device for the name of the sculptor, unless allegorical. 95 A Sarcophagus, 2 feet 3 inches by 1 foot. 96 A basso relievo Roman Repast, 2 feet by 1 foot 7. 97 A Trunk of a Woman, 2 feet high. |