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124 The Ribbon.

Miscellaneous objects.
the Gothic, make them curled and quaint; in the Renascence they are
develoiJed in various free and elegant styles, often divided at the ends
like a pennon. In the Louis XVI. style they are often peculiarly
crinkled, but in spite of this mannerism they are not without a cer-
tain decorative charm, (Comp. plates 78 and
79).
Plate 78. The Ribbon, and the Label.
1. Label for motto, on the seal of the town of Schiltach, Gothic,
Inscription on the scroll: "S. opidi schilttach".
2. Ribbon, from Jost Amman's Wappen- und Stammbuch, German
Renascence.
3. Ribbon, painting by B. Zeitblom, Carlsruhe gallery, Gothic.
4. Label for motto, old Germain painting, School of Cologne, Carls-
ruhe gallery.
5. Label for motto, triumphal car, by Hans Burgkmair, 14731530,
German, (Hirth).
6. Label for motto, Albrecht Diirer's "Der Eiilen seyndt alle Vogel
neydig und gram," German Renascence, (Hirth).
Plate 79. The Ribbon.
1. Ribbon and knot. After Daniel Mignot, German Renascence.
2. Ribbon and knot, the Louis XVI. style, (Lifevre).
8. Ribbon and knot for a bunch of fruit, after Prof. Sturm of Vienna,
(Storck's Zeichenvorlagen).
4. Drapery Festoon, (Raguenet).
Miscellaneous objects. (Plate
80).
Finally, among' the artificial objects which are used in decora-
tion, especially of pilasters, we may mention those forms like cande-
labra and vases, from which ornaments, like growing plants, usually
rise, (Comp. plates 80 and 131).
Cornucopias, Torches, small inscription Tablets, and many other
objects, are introduced.
Plate 80. Miscellaneous objects.
1. Vase, window pilaster of the Cancelleria, Rome, by Bramante. Ita-
lian Renascence, (De Vico).
2. Vase, pilaster of a door, San Angostino, Rome, (De VicoX
3. Vase, lower part of a panel, Italian Renascence.
4. Vase, tomb of Louis XII., St. Denis, French Renascence.
5. Vase, Louis XVI. style, (P. A. M., Cours d'ornement).
6. Crossed Torches, upper part of pilaster, by Benedetto da Majano,
Italian Renascence.
7. Crossed Torches, Renascence.

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