Roman antiquities
Date
1683
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Five figures from issue 145 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, showing a Roman alter, as found on the bank of the River Tyne, Durham.
Figure 1. Shows the back of the alter, engraved with a decorative vase.
Figure 2. Shows the side of the alter, engraved with tools, including a cutting knife and axe.
Figure 3. Shows the other side of the alter, engraved with utensils, including a ladle.
Figure 4. Shows the top of the alter, engraved in the shape of a basin.
Figure 5. Shows the front of the alter, engraved in ‘Roman letters’.
Illustrations to ‘I. An account of a Roman monument found in the Bishoprick of Durham, and of some Roman antiquities at York, sent in a letter from Martin Lister Esq;’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 145 (10 March 1683). Original illustration can be found in Letter Book Original of the Royal Society LBO/8/263, and copied into Letter Book Copy LBC/8/386.
Martin Lister (1639-1712), British physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671.
Figure 1. Shows the back of the alter, engraved with a decorative vase.
Figure 2. Shows the side of the alter, engraved with tools, including a cutting knife and axe.
Figure 3. Shows the other side of the alter, engraved with utensils, including a ladle.
Figure 4. Shows the top of the alter, engraved in the shape of a basin.
Figure 5. Shows the front of the alter, engraved in ‘Roman letters’.
Illustrations to ‘I. An account of a Roman monument found in the Bishoprick of Durham, and of some Roman antiquities at York, sent in a letter from Martin Lister Esq;’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 13, issue 145 (10 March 1683). Original illustration can be found in Letter Book Original of the Royal Society LBO/8/263, and copied into Letter Book Copy LBC/8/386.
Martin Lister (1639-1712), British physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671.
Related fellows
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
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