The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Centaur Plaque [ARK00032]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Collector (minor) - Casaubon, Méric (14 Aug 1599-14 Jul 1671)
Location(s): Current location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: Bronze plaque of a Centaur seizing a Lapith woman. "Item a flat piece of brass, with the rapture of Proserpine by a Centaure". Proserpina is an ancient goddess whose story is the basis of a myth of Springtime. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Persephone. Proserpina was subsumed by the cult of Libera, an ancient fertility goddess, wife of Liber. Her name comes from proserpere meaning "to emerge" and she represents springtime.]