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c a rria g e -h o ife e s, s ta b le s , and rid in g -h o u se. T h ese buildings escaped th e fire of 1T94. O ver the p rin cip al en tran ce from the S lo tsp lads is the follow ing in sc rip tio n :

R egiarn hanc C hristianus S extus exstru x it incendio funesto p o st L IV annos v astatam denuo erigi C hristianu s Septim us ju ssit splendidam restitu it et in ter P ublica vo ta dicavit F redericus Sextus M D C C CX X V III.

on each side of w hich are two basreliefs by T h o r­ vald sen : M inerva an d P ro m e th e u s, H ercules an d H e b e ; Ju p ite r an d N em esis, H iscu lap iu s and H y g se a : an d in niches on each side of - the entran ce are fo u r colossal figures o f H e rcu le s, M inerva, vE scu - lapius, and N em esis; the first by T ho rvald sen, the others from his d raw ings by P ro f. B is s e n , an d cast in m etal by D alhoff. JE scu lap iu s arid H ygiea are indebted to th eir a p p earan ce in th e basrclief to an am u sin g circum ­ stance. In th e list of suitable deities sent in to T h o rv ald se n w as Som dhedsgudinde (G oddess o f T r u th ) ; b u t the S c u lp to r, unable to im agine any allegorical figure satisfacto ry to h im self by w hich he could rep resen t the G oddess, chose to read the w ord as Sw ndhedsgudinde (Goddess o f H e a lth ); an d th u s it w as th a t iE scu la p iu s and Hygsea form ed the subject of th e b a srelief! Am ong the m an y su perb apartm en ts, the m ost