acanthusleaf scroll design of great beauty, recalling similar work on the organ shutters in Basel Minster, which surrounds and supports a wreath containing an antique head in the centre. The scroll-work in the next design, the “Stripping of Christ’s Garments” (Pl. 49 (2)),[344] is entwined round the bodies of two naked boys. The Saviour kneels upon the Cross, in the utmost misery and dejection, while two soldiers tear his garments from him with great violence. In striking contrast to these two men is the figure of the kneeling man in the front who is boring holes in the wood to take the nails. He bends over his work, indifferent or oblivious to the turmoil around him, or to the tragedy in which he is playing his humble part. Behind the central group there is a great concourse of people, among whom can be distinguished one of the thieves, and a man with uplifted mattock preparing a hole for the Cross, and, on the right, the head and shoulders of Pilate. In this scene most of the figures are clad in contemporary dress. VOL. I., PLATE 48. [Illustration: PILATE WASHING HIS HANDS The “Passion” series of designs for painted glass BASEL GALLERY ] [Illustration: ECCE HOMO The “Passion” series of designs for painted glass BASEL GALLERY ] VOL. I., PLATE 49. [Illustration: CHRIST BEARING THE CROSS The “Passion” series of designs for painted glass BASEL GALLERY ] [Illustration: THE STRIPPING OF CHRIST’S GARMENTS The “Passion” series of designs for painted glass BASEL GALLERY ]