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| 1225 of 1764 Document |
| Archive: | Manning | Unique ID: | 1500 | ||||||||
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Stonesfield | Item No.: | 11 | No. of Sheets: | 1 |
| Title: | Ink drawing with heading and captions. | ||||
| Content: | Ink drawing of a tessellated pavement at the Roman villa at Stonesfield. Very detailed. With heading: 'Pavimentum hoc tessellatum elegantiss: STUNSFELDIAE prope WOODSTOCHIAM in Agro Oxoniesi repertum est.' Caption reads: 'This tessellated pavement, discover'd at Stunsfield near Woodstock in Oxfordshire Ano Dni MDCCXII. A most exquisite work of the ancient Romans, composed with great variety of small tesserae of beautiful colours & symmetry, esteem'd to be the most elegant piece of antiquity of the kind found in Great Britain. When first open'd, it was seen by multitudes of curious persons, and some learned antiquaries have emply'd their skill to trace out its original use. Now only remains this shade, preserv'd first by the care of Tho. Hearne M.A. of Oxford, and lastly by G. Vertue, member of the Society of Antiquaries, London'. | ||||
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