Detail View: Rylands Collection: Deus Lunus
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Image Number:
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JRL1310905
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Reference Number:
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4202
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Deus Lunus
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Parent Work Title:
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A new system: or, an analysis of ancient mythology: wherein an attempt is made to divest tradition of fable; and to reduce the truth to its original purity
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Creator:
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Basire, James, 1730-1802
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Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Creator:
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Bryant, Jacob, 1715-1804
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1774
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Publication Details:
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London: printed for T. Payne; P. Elmsly; B. White; and J. Walter
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Volume:
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2
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Page/Sheet:
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Plate 4, opposite page 242
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Description:
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In the Phoenician, Egyptian, Hindu, and Japanese systems, it is represented that the world was hatched from an egg ('The mundane egg'). In some mythologies a bird is represented as laying the mundane egg on the primordial waters. In these six monochrome illustrations the mundane egg is guarded by the moon which rests on top. In the second image it is held and guarded by a snake. Below are four coins featuring the egg, crescent moons, the stars and busts of various men and women. The phrase 'Deus Lunus' is also printed. Below the frame in the bottom right corner is written 'Basire Sc.'.
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Subject:
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Mythology
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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280 mm
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Item Width:
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205 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2013-05-20
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2013-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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