The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Silvanus ( - )
Roman agricultural god. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-5935?rskey=Od6N0Z&result=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvanus_(mythology) References in Documents:Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (j) Cornelian, oval flat; nude youth, presumably Silvanus , standing in profile to right and holding a
pruning-hook. L: 6mm, lower third missing. 1st cent. A.D.