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THE MEDALS OP MATTEO DE* PASTI. 299matic methods l ) is givenfirst the reference to Armand'sMedailleurs Italiens, the foundation of all modern workon the subject ;this is followed byreferences to otherliterature in which the medal in question is mentioned,but not in such a way as to enable us to identify theparticular specimen of which the writer was thinking.In this place references will, for instance, sometimes befound to the Museum Mazzuchellianum (see No. 21) ;butusually this work is referred to lower down, in connexionwith some particular specimen at Brescia.The reason is that it cannot be presumed that theBrescia specimen of No. 21, which formed part of theMartinengo bequest, is Mazzuchelli's specimen; whereaswhen a Brescia specimen from the Brozzoni bequestcorresponds to the description in the Museum Mazzu-since Brozzonichellianum, we may assume identity,acquired the great majority of Mazzuchelli's medals.The various specimens of the medals which have beendescribed are distinguished by the letters of the Greekalphabet. 2 It is of course possible that the same1 I have thought it worth while to indicate by an arrow therelative positions of obverse and reverse, wherever I find a noteof this relation in my schedules. This detail may perhaps occasionallyhelp in deciding a question of attribution. It is noticeablethat the only specimens in which I have observed any departurefrom Fasti's rule of keeping the reverse upright are some(10 b) on which his signature has been removed. Where nototherwise stated the metal is bronze, or one of the various alloysof copper which numismatists designate by the monogram -^ 5lead or pewter is represented by E.2 " " London alone means" " British Mnseum ; Paris alone means" "the Cabinet des Medailles in the Bibliotheque Nationale ; Berlinthe Kaiser Friedrich-Museum, and so on. The public collectionscome first, then the private. Certain details concerning theVienna specimens are taken from a MS. list of the collection ofwhich, in happier times, I was permitted to take a copy.x2