9. Caesar's Triumphal Entry into Rome, from the same manuscript.M213, fol.l85v. THE ANCIENT WORLD (Figure 11), a perfectly reasonable translation of something the artist had never seen. Caesar's coats of arms are ceremonially burned with him; the mourning women recall the weepers who traditionally surround a tomb. The entertaining anachronism of these scenes is a tribute to the endùring vitality of the past. The essence of life they contain could bridge the gulf of ignorance and time and make them vivid for the mediaeval artist, who in turn gives us a living picture of his day. THROUGH MEDIAEVAL continued 10. Caesarwith Cleopatrakneelingbefore him, from the samemanuscript.M215,fol.164. 11. Caesar's Funeral Pyre, from the same manuscript.M213, fol.194. 86 EYES