The Figures of Some Antiquities; Communicated by a Member of the Royal Society

Author(s) Anonymous
Year 1685
Volume 15
Pages 3 pages
Language en
Journal Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775)

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The Figures of some Antiquities; communicated by a Member of the Royal Society. 1. A Ring of Corinthian Brass with a Vizard of Silenus in a Sardonyx. 2. An Amulet of the Gnosticks cut in a Chalcedonian, the names of certain Æones or Intelligences. 3. A Tesseræ of Chrystal having on one side XIIII. on the other IΔ. 4. A Fortune and a half Diana in an Onyx. 5. An Ancient Picture of the Virgin in a Chalcedonian. 6. A Cameus, with a mixture of severall Gods. 7. An Onyx. 8. A Glass Lachrymatory. A Letter of Dr Lister's to Mr Ray, concerning some particulars that might be added to the Ornithology. Sir, In answer to your kind Letter, I send you, what I designed for you some years since, viz. an Abstract of my Notes about Birds, which may be added to yours and Mr. Willughby's History of Birds, if you think fit; such as they are take them. Fringilla montana major] Sea Larks nostris Aucupibus appellantur. Sc. in Agro Eboracensi sæviente Bruma sat copiose capiuntur. Rubeculæ excrementa semper liquida sunt; etiam illa ovorum luteis duriter coctis victitet; intestinis Cæcis