VI.
In a similar manner should he conduct himself to
whose fidelity are entrusted the vessels of silver and gold, and
crystal or murrha,1299
| 1299
Murrhine vessels were first introduced into Rome by Pompey. They
were valued chiefly for their variegated colours, and were extremely
costly. Some think they were made of onyx stone, others of
variegated glass: but most modern writers suppose that what is
meant was some sort of porcelain. |
for eating or for drinking. All these he should arrange suitably,
of them all he should keep an account, and with all diligence he should
make an inventory of how many and which sort of precious stones are in
them. He should examine them all with great prudence; he should
produce them in their proper places and on their proper
occasions. And he should observe most carefully to whom he gives
them, and at what time, and from whom he receives them again, lest
there should occur any mistake or injurious suspicion, or perhaps some
considerable loss in things of value.
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