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)
Full Text (OCR)
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