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Latina: Mercuris

English: Mercury

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Author
Herman Moll  (1654–1732)  wikidata:Q1610319
 
Herman Moll
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 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Unknown placeUnknown place London
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1610319
Title
Latina: Mercuris
English: Mercury
Description
English: A depiction of a nude statue discovered in 1714 in the Southbroom Hoard near Devizes, Wiltshire, from the figures decorating the margins of Moll's map of "Hamp Shire" (Hampshire), the eighth in his Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales... The figure was placed on the map of a different county for want of room. Moll copied the figure's appearance and identification from Musgrave's 1719 account of the hoard, but makes its genitalia ambiguous or feminine.


This statue is now lost, while others from the hoard are held by the British Museum. Musgrave identified it as Figure 10 (M10) while Durham categorized it as #377. Musgrave identified the figure as Mercury (Latin: Mercurius), garbled into Mercuris by Moll. Scholars now consider the headdress and pose to be closer to the presentation of Mars, Ares, or a Gallo-Roman equivalent via Interpretatio Graeca or Romana.

Notes: 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.

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

Monnaies Divisions politiques et administratives Hampshire, Comté du -- Divisions politiques et administratives Échelle(s) : 6 English Miles [= 2,6 cm] Référence bibliographique : 173 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : AnvilEur Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : MAEDI008 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : MAEDIGen0 Couverture : Royaume-Uni – Angleterre – Hampshire

Langue : anglais
Date 1724
date QS:P571,+1724-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Full page: height: 35 cm (13.7 in); width: 23.5 cm (9.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,35U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,23,5U174728

Statue: height: 82 mm (3.22 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,82U174789
institution QS:P195,Q193563
References
English:
Français : Notice de recueil : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40577015h

Appartient à : Collection d'Anville ; 02107

Notice du catalogue : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb412471989
Source/Photographer
Français : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE DD-2987 (2107)
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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