■which thefe 

 Icuncu'.a; 

 are made. 



426" Thyfical and Mifcellaneous 



with the Hawk's Head; having been formerly enammelled, 

 upon the Breaft ; and holding either a Palm Branch or a Feather; 

 which feems likewife to have been enammelled. D, is the 

 horned Ifis, or \σα ^nvoii/w. In her Lap ihe carries her Son Orti^s, Ε ; 

 the fame with F, the S'lgaUon or God οϊ Silence, who is according- 

 ly feen with his Finger upon his Mouth, and known by theName of 

 Harpocrates. G^ is another Figure alfo of Harpocrates, in the 

 fame fitting Pofture, that is ufed, to this Day, by the Eaftern 

 Nations. H, is fuppofed to be Ortis ', (i. e. the Earth,) turgid 

 with the Variety of Things, which it is ready to produce. L 

 (provided the Turn of the Body and the Tileus do not fuppofe 

 it to have originally belonged to fome other Nation andWorihip,) 

 may perhaps, from it's Pofture, he the Eg)'piianCrepiius\• as, 

 among others of a leffer Size, K, is the Anuhis ; L, M, the 

 yupis\ N, the Cat; 0,theCynocephalus\ P, the Hawk; CL, R, 

 the Frog; S, the Beetle; T, the Th alius Oculatus"'\ U, a 

 Nilofcope ; X, a Tyram'id ; and Y, a TleCtrum. 

 The Matter of Of thefc Icuucula, the laft is of Alabafter; Q,, is of brown 

 Marble, fpotted with yellow ; A, B, C, D, E, F, G, J, K, 

 L, M^ N, P, R, are of Copper, and the reft of baked Earth. 

 All of them, except A, G, J, O, P^ R, are either bored through, 

 or elfe have little Rings fixed to them, whereby, we may con- 

 je6ture,thatthey were fufpended upontheNecksof theirA^otaries. 

 Yet the Spindles or Pivots ^, λ, λ, λ', of the Images A, B, C, D, 

 may give us Room to fufpeot, that They, in particular, were either 

 to be ereded, in fome convenient Place oftheirHoufes,as Objects 

 of their Worihip, or elfe that they were to be fixed upon their 



1 //w«i Temper fub puerili forma referebatur, & myfticfe, Plutanho tciic, nihii aliud eft, 

 quam feiifibilis mundi machina, quam Sol feu Ofiris per Scarab&um (λ) indicatus, continua 

 Solarium Numinum per bines accipitres (\) & terreftrium Geniorum, per Penates («) lateri- 

 bus alliftences indicatorum, minilterio, fumma Sapientia gubeniat & modcrarui•. Pueri 

 forma pingitur, quia Mundus generabilium rerum innovatione continuo veluti rejuvenefcit: 

 tumido corpore [v) pingitur, quia gcnitalium rerum f^etura & τταναη^ία. pcrpetuo turget : 

 fub utroque pede Crocodilum (ξ) calcat, i. e. Beboniam feu Typhoniam malign iraccm mundo 

 adeo perniciofam, ne invalclcat, cohibec ; fcuticaquc (oj i. c. virtutis fux efficacia in officio 

 continet. In poftica parte per figuram Δ, Ifis, feu Luna exprimitur, quod cornua & velum 

 quibusfempcr exhibetur, oftendunt j ubcre turget, quia tnater omnium invcntionum eft, & 

 Hori a T)phonc cxtindi vindicatrix & refufcitatrixj dum mundum ficcitate & aduiliva qua- 

 damvi opprciTum, humido fuo influxu, per radios apte indicate, tempcricm & vitam revocar. 

 Kirch, ibid. p. 449. 2 Nee Serapidgjn taagis quum Strep'itus, per pudenda corporis expreiTos, 

 contremifcunt (yEgyptij ) Minut. Felix. 5. 28. Crepitus ventris inflati, qu.-e Felufiaca rc- 

 ligio eft. ^ S. Hieroti. in Ifai. 1. 13. cap. 46. 3 O/iri;) per brachium cxtenfum, beneHcenti.-e 

 & liberalitatis notam, multis locis oftendimusj atque ideo Ph. il! us hie ocuUtus [cum brachio 

 occulte exec emergente] nihil aliud innuit, quam providentiam bcneficam divini Ofirtdis, in 

 fscunda generatione eluccfceniem } qui occulta & infenfibili operatione omnia fecundat 

 eratque potiffiraum apud i£gyptios Amuletum &c. Kirch. OEdip. /E^jpt. Synt. 13. p.4i5•. 



Symbolical 



