PAGE Abbreviations of legends, 30 Æsculapius and Hygieia, 32 All large plaques not originally diptychs, 42 Angel, on leaf of diptych, in British museum, 35 Arm of chair, 82 Artists in ivory, in middle ages, 117 Ashmole collection, 120 Assyrian ivories, 15 Bardolph, hanged for stealing a pax, 92 Becker’s Lycoris, 34 Bellerophon, 21 Book cover of ninth century, 48 Casket of Arabic work, 57 ” from Memphis, 14 ” Runic, in British museum, 52 ” from Veroli, 55 ” in inventories, 60 Caxton, “playe of the chesse”, 76 Chair of St. Peter at Rome, 56 ” at Ravenna, 41 Chalice, &c., of ninth century, 48 Charlemagne, his patronage of Greek artists, 45 Chessmen, in chronicles and poems, 78 ” earliest date, 78 ” date of invention, 76 ” in inventories, 79 ” found in Lewis, 80 Chryselephantine statues, 18 ” of the duc de Luynes, 19 ” conjectural restoration, 19 Civilisation of ancient nations, 8 Coffer, sent by Eginhard, 47 ” in inventories, 57 Colour in sculpture, 104 Combs, domestic, 67 ” in inventories, 71 ” pontifical, 69 Consul, decline of the office, 31 ” the last, 31 Consular diptychs, 23, &c. Costume in early Greek ivories, 44 Crucifixes, 107 ” in Spanish Place, 108 Cup, or vase, in British museum, 46 Cushions, the meaning in consular diptychs, 25 David and Bathsheba on combs, &c., 67 Decline of art in the first four centuries, 21 ” after Constantine, 26 ” after sixth century, 44 Destruction of religious objects in the sixteenth century, 108 Diptych of Boethius, 29 ” at Brescia, 32 ” of Compiegne, 30 ” ecclesiastical, 37 ” ecclesiastical—their purpose, 40 ” with Greek inscriptions, 38 ” mutilated and palimpsest, 39 ” of Justinian, 38 ” found in Transylvania, 23 Domestic scenes, 67 ” works in ivory, 52 Draughtsmen, 81 Dress and decorations of consuls on diptychs, 25 Ecclesiastical works in ivory, 47 Egyptian ivories, 14 English ivories, 116, 120 Etruscan ivories, 19 “Familia” of chessmen, 79 Feast of Fools, 33 Fejérváry collection, 121 Flabellum in inventories, 95 ” of Theodolinda, 95 ” its use, 94 Forgeries in ivory, 118 Fossil ivory, 2 Grecian ivories, 16 Handle of fan, 86 ” of holy water sprinkler, 96 ” of whip, 96 Horns, for hunting, 113 ” tenure, 114