Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819 (1837)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 · London : Lewis A. Lewis · leaf 64
vam servans sub imagine falcemSaturnusque senex. A modern author, Albrigi, de DeorumImagines, describes this picture as accuratelyas if he had seen it. Saturnus pingebaturut homo senex prolixa barba, tecto capite,qui una manu scilicet dextra falcem tenebat. The picture marked 12 is that of anApollo… … ilySrlK F POMPEIANA. 35 elegant female figure, holding in one handa basket of flowers, and in the other the in-signia of her office as priestess—not unlikethe torches of the Eleusinian Ceres, but ter-minating in three cups, or flowers, insteadof one. Her lower garment is of white,with light shades…
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