The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Venus / Aphrodite ( - )
Greek and Roman goddess of beauty, romance, and sexual love. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-6730?rskey=jVv0ct&result=1&q=venus Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_%28mythology%29 Relationships: Adonis (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Venus / AphroditeAeneas (-) was a son of Venus / Aphrodite
Anchises (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Venus / Aphrodite
Charites/ Gratiae (Three Graces) (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Venus / Aphrodite
Cupid / Eros (-) was a son of Venus / Aphrodite
Jupiter / Zeus (-) was a father of Venus / Aphrodite
Mars / Ares (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Venus / Aphrodite
Priapus (-) was a son of Venus / Aphrodite
Psyche (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Venus / Aphrodite
Vulcan / Hephaestus (--) was a husband of Venus / Aphrodite
References in Documents:
d
ũ. De Conchâ Veneris et Venereæ affini
aSpec. Conchæ Veneris Rond. p. 103. Buon, Cl. 3. n. 2 41. 4
taspecie Con. Ven. Mosch. p. 209.
Concha Veneris. Because beautiful.
Or else, saith
. The first I shall name is that with Blobbed-lips,Terzagi ,
quòd partem Veneris Imperio subdi
tam referat
tam referat
or having as it were a white thick Facing. They are also
furrow'd, and stained with
ChestnutSpots. But the Back
with a
Purple.
of them faced or turned out.
here are three of a
Chestnutor
Bay-colour; one stained
Green, another with
Brown, a third with
white
spots. And a fourth,
white, speckled with
yellow, red, and
purple.
high-back'd, and with each Lip furrow'd. On the thicker
end, it hath some resemblance of a little
Turbanor
Navle.
stained with white spots upon a Bay ground. The rest of
the same Figure, are somewhat rough, having, as 'tis
likely, been steeped in
Vinegar, or some other ways cor
roded.
figur'd by
Concha utroq; latere
se colligens. It hath a transvers Angle or Ridge in the mid
se colligens
dle. Where also, there is a distinct piece, most closely inlaid
into the Back of the Shell. The Lips also are both even.
without any ridge on the Back. The little white Ones of
this kind, are those which are particularly called
ENTALIA.
With these, saith
Bridles, and other parts of Equipage. Of these and
Jet
mixed together, they also make
Bracelets, and other
Ornaments, for Widows in
Half-Mourning. Many of this
sort, striated, are found, saith Mr.
the County of
Nuns.
and stained with several colours, are here collected.
Take Mother of Pearl, the small White
Venus-Shell of
each equal parts. Pour upon them, being first powdered,
the juyce of
Lemons, and let them stand together (a day
or two) then filtre the liquor, and keep it, as the best wash
for the Face in the World. (
f)
f) Prævot.
lib. de Med.
facilè para
lilibus.
Fly-blow, but of a dark glistering
colour, like
polish'd Steel. Figur'd and describ'd by
Mr. a)
a)
graphia
Gabions
in
his Cabinet.
Master
horne
The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
Brown Kennet,
totum, A
aufer, D
deponeand N
nihil. The disk was spun like a top, the player’s fortune being decided by the letter uppermost when the disk fell’ (DOST).
Momusgift did not inlake
inlaik,
v. to be deficient; to come or run short; to be wanting or missing (DOST)
Humanism, Machinery, and Renaissance Literature(CUP, 2004), p. 59.
Pantheon.
called Luth
Shell, Concha Veneris vel inverecunda; this is white and large,
with both Lips furrowed.
bunch back'dVenus Shell , it is dark co
loured.
longVenus Shell , with white Spots upon a bay Ground.
with Purple Spots upon ahigh back'd
white Ground.
Ground;
in Circumference.
bunch back'dVenus Shell , it is dark co
loured.
longVenus Shell , with white Spots upon a bay Ground.
graphias)s)
in my Compass, I shall endeavour to reduce these to his Method, on
ly he
beginning with Chrystals and Diamonds, I
shall premise the Margaritæ Cumbrenses.
have as good a Water as thePearls
Oriental:
, which are as useful in Physick as the finest, though notSand-Pearls
so valuable for the Beauty.
of the finer WaTwin-Pearl
ter; a Dozen of which were sent me by my
who hath been a First-rate Benefactor to this Collection of Natural
Curiosities above 20 Years ago.
Hen. Savile's
(
t)
t)
Life ofAgricol.
is neither so agreeable to the Sentiments of
tempted by their Beauty (as
toBritish Pearls
, nor to the express Testimony of veVenus Genetrix
nerable
u)
u)
Eccles. Hist. Lib. I. C. I.
Alfred
and
Adder-beads to be met with in
Country having no Snakes; but here is an Amulet from thence
every
whit as efficacious; it is near an Inch long, and of the Colour of
Amber.
AncientRing , which I suppose be
longed to the
Richard BeauchampEarl of
Device upon his Signet,
viz. a
Bearwith a ragged Staff; for which see
his Monument in
W. Dugdale
an agreeable Fateor Destiny, which may perhaps relate to his
MartialDisposition and Victories in
Iron or Steel very odly twisted with the Brass, on each Side of the Signet
(which is of a third Metal,
viz. Copper gilded) is a glassy Ruby.
The
, who were noted of old for these Practices hadSamothracians
Stars of Iron in their Rings of Gold. On one Side of the said In
scription is the old Character for
a Cross by each. There was a vast Variety of
Ringsor
Amulets,
which in the dark Days of Popery were eagerly sought after by poor
deluded People, with different
Saintsupon them; but the Name of
the
Smith
Phil.
Trans. N° 155
Trans
from the LordTalisman
on one Side is an unintelligible Character, upon the other in modern
Letters L H with ☿ and
one Side, and an Anchor of
Hopeon the other, with crooked Lines
and Figures round; the former is engraved, this stamped as Money,
both have a Hole punched to hang about the Neck.
me by
Areafill'd with
Planetary Characters, and this Inscription round,
In Deo confido, re
vertentur Inimici mei retrorsum: Upon the other Side are
vertentur Inimici mei retrorsum
A pavore inimici Custodi vitam
meam oh tu Jehova, with ♃ and ♀ in Conjunction in ♓. The Effects
meam oh tu Jehova
formerly attributed to these Figures were altogether miraculous; the
Spark, for whom this was erected, expected, by Virtue thereof, to
obtain both
Honourand
Beauty; that with
Merchandizingand
Gaming. These are engraved upon Silver; those
used of old for the Preservation of Cities were
Statuary Telesmsmade
under a certain Configuration of the Heavens, the most propitious
The Blind and the Lame hated
byDavid 's Soul,
by
for these Images. And the
brazen-Serpent, which
Talisman,
as those who write in Defence of the Practice, affect to call him)
made in the Wilderness is said to be the first Occasion, not given,
but taken, of all these Telesmatical Practices,
Gregory's Notes upon
the Scripture,
p. 41.)
, sentCharm
me by
Furness,
Soldier, who was slain in a Skirmish, notwithstanding the Protection
he promis'd himself from this Billet of the
which is thus inscribed,
.Sancti tres Reges, Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar
Orate pro nobis nunc & in hora mortis nostræ
vres, sorcellerie toute sorte de malefice & morte subite.
Charm
may be added another Sort of a
Cheat, one
that his Tongue was cut off by the
Parts of
Account of his miserable Case writ upon his Breast, many Justices and
Physicians had attempted the Discovery of the Imposture, but in
Vain till
John Morris
(which he inherited from his Grand-Father Colonel
prized
CharlesI.
that the said Youth had learnt beyond Sea the Trick of drawing his
Tongue so far into his Throat, that it appeared like a Stump only:
Hereupon the said
and the begging Billet deposited here by the said
Morris
was also famous for
Pantomimianor
Antick-Dancing, which Archbi
shop