Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.].

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Credit: Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    arch to represent the Palace of Pleasure, in which sat nine beautiful maidens garbed as Jollity, Delight, Fancy, Felicity, Wit, In- vention, Tumult, Slaughter, and Gladness, each of them posed to represent their part. In front sat six men artfully playing instru- ments of music, which caused great delight. The goldsmiths’ pageant represented all the distinct departments of their art. In the centre of the stage sat St. Dunstan, the ancient patron of the company, attired to express his prelatical dignity in a robe of fine lawn, and over it a cope of shiny cloth of gold which reached to the ground. On his head was a golden mitre set with precious stones, and he bore in his left hand a golden crosier, and in his right a pair of goldsmith’s tongs. Behind him stood Orpheus and Amphion playing on musical instruments, and on either side were figures representing the Cham of Tartary and the grand Sultan, doing homage. At the steps of the throne was a goldsmith’s forge and furnace, with fire, crucibles and gold, and a workman blowing the bellows. On each side of this was a press of gold and