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Latina: Penates apud Devisas in Belgio Nostro Effossi Anno 1714, Tabula ix.


Tab. IX, Anubin, Bucephalum, Bacchum alium, eumque formosissimum, & Bustum, pag. 139, & in seqq.

Nobilissimo Principi Frederico Georgii ffilio Celsissimi, Georgii Nep: Augustissimi, Caesari destinato, M. Britanniae spei, Delicijs, Animaeq. desideratissimae, Penates hosce, Annos sesquimille Terra absconditos, voti e Obsequij sui Pignus, sacrari voluit, Guilh: Musgrave, G. F. Iscanus.

Penates hi Guil: Cadby, apud Devisas Olitoris, Aere incisi, et Charta Imperiali impressi, veneunt a Bibliopolis Knapton Londiniensi, Clements Oxoniensi, et Yeo Exoniensi. MDCCXVII.



English: "Penates (Household Gods) Dug Up at Devises in Our Belgium in the Year 1714, Table 9.


Table IX [has] Anubis, Bucephalus, another and most beautiful Bacchus, and a Bust, [for placement] on page 139 and following.

"To the Most Noble Prince Frederick, the destined Royal Heir, Great Britain's hope, Delight, and most yearned for Spirit, son of the Most High George and grandson of the Most August George, William Musgrave, Fellow (?) of Exeter College, Oxford, of his own will and in Obedience to his Oath wished these here Penates, hidden by the Earth for 1500 years, to be dedicated.

"These Penates [found] by William Cadby, Gardener at Devizes, engraved on Brass and printed on Imperial Paper, are available for sale at the Booksellers Knapton in London, Clements in Oxford, and Yeo in Exeter. 1717."

Musgrave's 6th illustration of the Southbroom Hoard discovered outside Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1714.


Date (engraving); 1719 (book)
Source Antiquitates Britanno-Belgicae, Praecipue Romanae, Figuris Illustratae..., Vol. I: De Belgio Britannico, Cap. XII
Author William Musgrave
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  • "Anubis"
    "Anubis"
  • "Bucephalus" (probably a simple horse figure or attribute of Epona or similar Gallo-Roman or Romano-British deity)
    "Bucephalus" (probably a simple horse figure or attribute of Epona or similar Gallo-Roman or Romano-British deity)
  • Bacchus
    Bacchus
  • Nameless sculpted steelyard
    Nameless sculpted steelyard

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