The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Sandstone Roman altar collected by John Senhouse

The Stenhouse Roman red sandstone altar [Engraving].
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Collector (minor)John Senhouse (-1604) In Print: Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio, authore Guilielmo Camdeno , (1600) Location(s): Warning: Undefined array key "image_location_id" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 130 Warning: Undefined array key "location_id" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 131 Warning: Undefined array key "location_name" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 132 Warning: Undefined array key "location_role_name" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 133 Warning: Undefined array key "location_type_name" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 134 - ()
Description:The Stenhouse Roman red sandstone altar 'to the Genious of the Place' reproduced in Britannia (1610), first recorded in the 1587 edition, as seen by Camden and Cotton in 1599. Now in the British Museum (Hepple 2003, 162).