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Tamme photo] [ Dresden SACRIFICE OF ABRAHAM EARLY YEARS 9 jokes, bon-mots, recitations, and good eating were the order of the day. The house of Rustici, who was a man of greater substance than his companions, was the centre of these reunions, and here the Academy of the Pajolo, or Kettle, as they styled themselves, met from time to time. There were twelve members, each of whom was bound to contribute a dish of his own manufacture to the evening's entertainment ; and should any two members have the misfortune to bring the same dish they had to pay a fine. Vasari, in his " Life of Rustici," gives a lengthy description of an elaborate dish provided on one occasion by del Sarto. It was a temple, in octagonal form, supported by columns. The pavement was a mosaic formed of jelly, the columns sausages, with capitals of cheese and cornices of sugar, the frieze being made of sweetmeats. The tribune was marchpane, the altar a pate. In the midst was a pulpit of cold meat, with a book placed upon it, the leaves of which were made of fine macaroni, with musical notes written in peppercorns. The choir and clergy were represented by birds with open beaks,