In the Librarian’s Study
23. A Roman inscription on a brazen plate:—
FLORAE
TI. PLAVTIVS DROSVS
MAG. II.
V. S. L. M.
Given by Dr. Rawlinson. An engraving is extant, among the many which were executed for Rawlinson of various relics in his miscellaneous collection. It is described on the engraving as being ‘Ex regiis Christinæ thesauris.’
24. A small plaster cast of the head of Torquato Tasso, from a wax model made by Mr. N. Marchant from a cast taken after Tasso’s death, and preserved in the Convent of St. Onofrio at Rome, where his death occurred.