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


Tab. VI, Duas, Virginem Vestalem Maximam, & Mercuriam. pag. 133, 4.

Notas: 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 6."


Table VI [holds] the Two Chief Vestal Virgin and Mercury. [They are placed] at pages 133 & 134.

Notes: "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 3rd 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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  • "Virgo Vestalis" (probably actually a genius paterfamilias) and denarius of Severus Alexander
    "Virgo Vestalis" (probably actually a genius paterfamilias) and denarius of Severus Alexander
  • "Mercurius" (probably actually Mars or equivalent)
    "Mercurius" (probably actually Mars or equivalent)

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