DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES. N. B. The Binder is requested to fold or cut the Plates close at the back, as they are wider than the Letter-Press. VOL. I. Head of the Author to face the title page. PLATE I. THREE representations of Mount Argæus, called now Mount Argau, near Tyana and Cæsarea Taurica: by which it appears to have been an hollow and inflamed mountain. Taken from the coins of Patiuus, Seguinus, and others Page 268 PLATE II. Temple of Mithras in the mountains of Persia near Chilminar and the plain of the Magi, from Le Bruyn. Vol. II. plate 158. Temples in the rock near the same plain, from Le Bruyn. Plate 166, 167 PLATE III. 277 Petra Mithra, or Temple of Mithras, in the same region : from Thevenot. Part II. c. 7 288 PLATE IV. The ship of Isis with the Ark and Patera, from Pocock's Egypt. Plate 42. A second Description of the ship of Isis, &c. . PLATE V. 312 Temple of Mithras Petræus from Le Bruyn Plate 158 367 VOL. II. PLATE VI. A representation of two antient Fire-Towers: the one at Torone, from Goltzius. Plate 24. The other of Cronus in Sicily, from Paruta. In Monte Pelegrino, saxis quadratis. 90. Antient Triaina from Vaillant, Paruta, and others PLATE VII. Page 119 Ophis Thermuthis sive Ob Basiliscus Egyptiacus: The royal and sacred Serpent of Egypt, together with a priest worshipping: copied from the curious fragments sent over by the Hon. Wortley Montague, and deposited in the British Museum. Also representations of the serpent Canuphis, or Cneph PLATE VIII. 203 Serpentine Deity of Persia similar to Cneph in Egypt, from Kæmpfer and Le Bruyn. Also Serpentine devices from China, Persia, and Egypt PLATE IX. 216 The Head of Medusa, from a gem in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough 248 PLATE X. Two Heads from Goltzius 254 PLATE XI. Zor-Aster, sive Sol Asterius, with the Deus Azon Merans, facing the former: also Zor-Aster Archimagus before an altar and fire: copied from Chardin, Vol. II. p. 164: and Hyde Religio Vet. Persarum. Plate 6. p. 307. At the bottom Deus Azon Persicus 406 PLATE XII. Zor-Aster, and the Deus Azon Mearns in a different position also Zor-Aster Archimagus before an altar with a particular covering like a Cupselis or hive: taken from Kæmpfer's Amoenitates Exotica. Beneath is Zor-Aster sive Taurus Asterus Ægyptiacus : from Price's Apuleius, and Herodotus of Gronovius and Wesselinge Page 409 VOL. III. PLATE XIII. A Coin of Philip the Elder, and another of Severus from the City Apamea, the antient Cibotus: copied from Falconerius, aud Siguinus. Navis Biprora, sive Baris Ægyptiaca, from Pocock's Egypt: see two other specimens from the same Author in Vol. I. Plate iv. of this work PLATE XIV. 46 Deus Lunus Ovatus of Heliopolis in Syria, from Vaillant's Coins of the Colonies. Vol. II. p. 381. The Serpent, and Mundane Egg, from the same author, p. 136. p. 147. Deus Lunus of Carrhæ from Vaillant. PLATE XV. 62 Janus Bifrons Erycinus with the Dove and Olive, from Spanheim de Præstantiâ et Usu Numism. Antiquorum. Vol. I. p. 168. Isis, and Doves: also a coin of Ascalon, upon which is the representation of the Mother of the Gods with a Tower upon her head, and beneath, a Ship: by her side a Dove and Altar. From Paruta, Spanheim, and Gorlæus. PLALE XVI. 84 Hieroglyphics of the Scorpion; and of the sacred Serpents of Egypt: particularly of a Serpent crowned with the water lily, and ornamented with emblems of plenty, and styled Neo Agathodæmon. Isis also upon the Lotos : taken from Kircher, Seguinus, and Gorlæus. Also a frog upon the Lotos from Montfaucon, Vol. II. Part 2d. p. 348. Page 181 PLATE XVII. Juno Samia Selenitis, standing in a lunette, and crowned with a lunette, and disclosing her mystic veil: from Spanheim PLATE XVIII. 193 Various specimens of Mater Deorum Turrita, sitting upon a rock, and holding in her hand some ears of corn, and other symbols: at her feet a man in different attitudes, who seems to be struggling in the water: selected from coins of Antioch, Khesain, Nisibis, Edessa, Carrhæ, Singara, Side, and Damascus: from Patinus, Vaillant, Goltzius, and others PLATE XIX. 245 Spes Divina, with the sacred Cupselis, and other emblems: from Gruter. Inscript. Vol. I. p. 102 PLATE XX. 246 The Chrysalis, Aurelia, Musca, and other emblems relating to the renewal of life, and the immortality of the soul from Gorlæus, and the Pamphylian Obelisk of Kircher. PLATE XXI. 247 The Marriage of Eros and Psuche, from that curious Camaio in the valuable Collection of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough: described upon an Onyx by Tryphon, a Grecian Artist. This Plate is finely engraved by Cardon, from a drawing of Cipriani. PLATE XXII. 254 Sarapis Helius: with specimens of the God Orus crowned with the water lily: also Janus Bifrons Taurinus Hetruscus from Spanheim and others 263 |