Itinerarium curiosum (centuria I) : $b or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great BritainStukeley, William
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Itinerarium curiosum (centuria I) : $b or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain
Stukeley, William
Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Drusus senior: Germanicus: Agrippina senior: Antonia, of curious
marble: Tiberius, of small brass: Caligula: Cæsonia, wife of Caligula:
Claudius, the conqueror of Britain: Drusilla: Messalina: Nero: Sabina
Poppæa, his wife, a naked busto: Octavia, his wife: Marcia: Galba:
Otho: Vitellius: Lucius Vitellius, brother to the emperor: Vespasian:
Titus: Julia, daughter of Titus: Domitian: Vespasianus novus, the
adopted son of Domitian: Nerva: Trajan: Hadrian: Sabina: Antinous,
Hadrian’s favourite: Antoninus Pius: Faustina senior: M. Aurelius
Antoninus Philosophus: Annius Verus: Lucius Verus: Commodus: Lucilla,
wife of Ælius: Lucilla junior, wife of Verus: Pertinax: Didius
Julianus: Crispina, wife of Commodus: Septimius Severus: Plautilla,
wife of Caracalla: Julia Paula: Macrinus: Annia Faustina, wife of
Heliogabalus: Julia Mammæa, wife of Verus: Julia Moesa: Lucilla junior:
Alexander Severus: Gordianus Cæsar: Balbinus: Sabina Tranquillina, wife
of Antonius Gordianus, emperor: Marcia Otacilla; Q. Herennius, a boy:
Hostilianus: Volusianus: Valerianus, a boy: Constantinus magnus the
Briton, of better work than was commonly in that age, as a few of his
medals were.—7. Divinities. Jupiter: Pallas: Apollo, a fine large bust:
Diana: Venus, like that of Medicis: Bacchus: Faunus: Fauna: Libera:
Libertas: Mercury Pantheon, made of different faces.
II. STATUES. A queen of the Amazons defending herself from a horseman
in battle: Cupid, a man, breaking his bow: Clio, the muse, sitting: a
Faunus: these are of most admirable workmanship. Five statues reckoned
as ancient as any in the several parts of the world. Egypt, Isis
with her husband Osiris in Theban iron stone. Thrace, Jupiter Ammon
from the temple built by Sesostris, with a ram on his shoulders; it
is a very venerable piece. Asia Minor, Diana of Ephesus; the head,
hands and feet black, the rest of white marble. Phrygia, Cupid tied
to a tree; a Phrygian cap on his head. Lydia, Hercules wrestling
with Achelous. Paris with the Phrygian bonnet and shepherd’s coat of
skins. Saturn with an infant in his arms. The Egyptian Bacchus, of a
fine shape, carrying the young fat Greek Bacchus on his shoulder. A
shepherd playing on the flute. A Greek Bacchus. Flora. Silenus drunk,
with a club in his hand, fancying himself Hercules, supported by a
younger; a piece of most incomparable art. A boy dancing and playing
on music. Cupid holding the golden apple. A young Bacchus smiling.
Marcus Aurelius on horseback, made at Athens, small. The river Meander,
recumbent. A boy in an eager posture, catching at some live thing
on the ground. A coloss Hercules, six Attic cubits high, with three
apples in one hand. Cleopatra giving suck to Cæsarion her son, sitting.
Julia Pia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, sitting. Livia, the wife
of Augustus, sitting. Manlia Scantilla, sitting. Attys the Phrygian,
engraved by Montfaucon without the head, which is here restored. Mark
Antony, a crocodile at his feet. Apollo. Ceres. Pomona. Andromeda.
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