Roman altar
Date
17th century
Creator
Ralph Thoresby (1658 - 1725, British) , Antiquary and Topographer, Antiquary
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p3
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 150mm
width (page): 200mm
width (page): 200mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of a Roman altar taken from a Roman wall not far from Collarton, in the possession of Mr Forster, Carrow. It is described by the antiquarian Ralph Thoresby in a letter to Hans Sloane, which was read to the Royal Society on 20 July 1697. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 19, no. 231 (1697).
Object history
Ralph Thoresby, ‘Two Roman altars lately found in the North of England, with notes on the same by Thomas Gale’, Phil. Trans., vol. 19, no. 231 (August 1697), pp. 663-64.
Related fellows
Ralph Thoresby (1658 - 1725, British) , Antiquary and Topographer, Antiquary
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
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