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Summary

English: Houshold Gods Found at the Devizes (

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Author



Alternative names	Moll, Hermann
Description	British cartographer, engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death	circa 1654 date QS:P,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	22 September 1732
Location of birth/death	Unknown placeUnknown place	London
Work location	London
Authority file	: Q1610319 VIAF: 294684830 ISNI: 0000000120955179 ULAN: 500129571 LCCN: n50003735 NLA: 35671839 WorldCat

Title

English: Houshold Gods Found at the Devizes

Description

English: A depiction of the relief from an oil lamp and four ancient statues discovered in the Southbroom Hoard near Devizes, from the figures decorating the margins of Moll's map of "Wilt Shire" (Wiltshire), the seventh in his Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales... Moll follows Musgrave in identifying three of the figures as the Egyptian gods Apis and Anubis and Alexander the Great's horse Bucephalus. Modern scholars instead connect them to the three-horned bull, monstrous dogs, and horses of Celtic Romano-British and Gallo-Roman religion. The wolf or dog from the oil lamp relief may also refer to local mythology rather than Roman legend.

Caption: These Houshold Gods in number 19 with a Medal of Alexander Severus were found at the Devizes An. 1714 and are supposed to have been bury'd there in 234. the Rest for want of Room are placed in Dorset and Hampshires yat are barren of Antiquities; we being unwilling to omit such great Curiosities.

Notes: London: Sold by H. Moll over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand; Tho. Bowles, Print and Map-Seller near the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bowles Print and Map-Seller over-against Stocks-Market. 1724.

Français : Sujet : Antiquités romaines

Divisions politiques et administratives Stonehenge (site archéologique) Wilt, Comté de -- Divisions politiques et administratives Échelle(s) : 7 English Miles [= 3,3 cm] Référence bibliographique : 173 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : AnvilEur Couverture : Royaume-Uni – Angleterre – Wiltshire

Langue : anglais

Date

1724

Dimensions

Full page: height: 23.5 cm (9.2 in); width: 35 cm (13.7 in)

Collection

Bibliothèque nationale de France

	Native name	Bibliothèque nationale de France
	Parent institution	Ministry of Culture of France
	Location	2nd arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 50′ 01″ N, 2° 22′ 33″ E
	Established	1368
	Website	www.bnf.fr/en
	Authority file	: Q193563 VIAF: 137156173 ISNI: 0000000123531945 ULAN: 500309981 LCCN: no95028191 NLA: 35553176 WorldCat

References

Français : Notice de recueil : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40577015h

Appartient à : Collection d'Anville ; 02128

Notice du catalogue : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41247247p

Source/Photographer

Français : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE DD-2987 (2128)

Bibliothèque nationale de France

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