C. Rustice'llius Felix
an African, and a maker of small figures, is known by his epitaph, which was found at Rieti, according to Fabretti (
Inscr. p. 243, No. 669), or at Borghetto, near Otricoli, according to Gruter, who also gives the artist's name in a different form,
Tudicilius (Gruter, p. mxxxv. No. 3; Orelli,
Inscr. Lat. Sel. No. 4279).
It is remarkable that the inscription the describes the artist as
Sigillariarius, which R. Rochette chette explains as derived from
Sigillare, a word synonymous with
sigillum ; but perhaps it is only a mistake of the stone-cutter. (R. Rochette,
Lettre à M. Sehorn, p. 399, 2d ed.)
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