A fine MS., which formerly belonged to the abbey of St. Faron, near
Meaux; bought at the sale of M. Abel-Remusat's library in 1833, by
Mr. Payne, and sold to Douce, apparently for the sum of £31 10_s._On
the cover is an ivory diptych; in the centre, a figure of our
Blessed Lord treading on 'the lion and adder, the young lion and
dragon;' around, twelve scenes from His life and miracles.
18. Ivory triptych eleven inches high; North Italian work, of the
fifteenth century.
In the centre the Blessed Virgin and Child between St. Leonard and
another saint; on the wings, St. John the Evangelist and St.
Lawrence[384].
19. _Evangelia, secundum Matt. et Marc._ A fine Douce MS. of the
eleventh century, bound in thick boards, overlaid on one side with a
brass plate, whereon are engraved the four Evangelists, with angels; in
the centre, an ivory carving of our Lord, with the Evangelistic symbols.