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XITHE MEDALS OF MATTEO DE'PASTI.THE object <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> present list <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> medals <strong>of</strong>Matteo de' Pasti is to test <strong>the</strong> method which I proposeto adopt in <strong>the</strong> work on Italian medals <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fifteenth<strong>and</strong> sixteenth centuries which I have had in preparationfor many years. For this purpose I have chosenone <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> groups <strong>of</strong> medals which are most complicatedby small variations, produced by slight alterations in<strong>the</strong> moulds from which <strong>the</strong>y are cast.<strong>The</strong> principle <strong>of</strong> arrangement adopted is this : Firstcomes a brief bibliography ; <strong>the</strong>n a brief sketch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>fixed points in <strong>the</strong> medallist's career, <strong>and</strong>, when he is<strong>of</strong> importance as an artist, a brief attempt at a criticalestimate. A statement follows <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dates <strong>and</strong> signatureswhich are found on <strong>the</strong> medals, <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> anyo<strong>the</strong>r details likely to be <strong>of</strong> interest. Biographicalinformation about <strong>the</strong> persons represented on <strong>the</strong>medals is reserved for <strong>the</strong> index.In <strong>the</strong> arrangement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> medals <strong>the</strong>mselves, <strong>the</strong>signed pieces are placed first, <strong>the</strong> unsigned next ;where <strong>the</strong>re are various degrees <strong>of</strong> probability in <strong>the</strong>attribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter, an attempt is made to group<strong>the</strong>m accordingly (but in Fasti's case this feature ishardly apparent). Within <strong>the</strong> groups <strong>the</strong> order is, asfar as possible, chronological. After each medal (<strong>the</strong>description <strong>of</strong> which is according to ordinary numis-

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