their Deities. 



^.o8 Phyjical and Mifcellaneous 



The Sun of a For thc SuH, bciiig a Body of pure Light, his Garment, accord- 



ig.t oour. ^^^ ^^ Tlutarch\ was to be of the fame Colour, uniformly 



bright and luminous : though Macrohms ' cloaths the winged 



Statues of the Sun, partly with a light, partly with a blue 



Colour, the latter whereof was emblematical of that Lumi- 



ifisv G^^r- jj^j-y jjj tjje lower Hemifphere. Whereas Ifts being conlidered 



gated. as the Earth, ftrewed over with a Variety of Produ6tions; 



being alfo Light and Darknefs &c. Her Drefs, agreeable to 



thefe Qualities, was either to confift of a Leopard's Skin, or 



elfe to be otherwife fpotted and variegated with diverfe Colours \ 



Kis's Fillet!. The Fillets \ which make part of her Drefs or are held in her 



Hands, reprefent the Thnjes of the Moon ; as the Trefles of 



her Hair^, when they are of a dark blue Colour, do the Hazi- 



The orna- Yitk o^ t\\Q ^tMofphere. Thc Rays, Flames^, Horns, Veils % 



ThTHelTof &c. that are placed immediately upon the Heads of thefe 



Figures ; the Serpents \ which Hand upright upon them, or iflue 



out of their Hair ' ; together with the Globes, Mitres '°, Fea- 



1 StoAcw j at f/81/ laiJhtt ■mixjhiu jeuf lictfcuf ("sSy ya,^ vMy » itbvitfuf ajj7«{, Tmvm yivofdvuY, (pat, flxoT®** 



k-^hoZf li ipuTJieiJif. Plut. dc Ifid. 8c OJir. p. 382. 2 Soils Cimuhchrh (qux ^gjpiii pinnzta. 

 fingunt) color non unus elt, alterum enim csrulea fpecie, alteriim clara fingunt : ex hiscla- 

 ruin fuperutn & csruleum inferutn vocant. Inferi autem nomen Soli dacur cum in inferiore 

 hemifphaerio i.e. hyemalibus fignis curfum fuum peragit : fuperi, cum partem Zodiaci ambit 

 aeftivam. Macrob. Sat. I.i. cap. 19. 3 Vid. Not. i. 4 Mukicoloribus taeniis five fafciis 

 ftatuam i^rfij veftiebant, ad fignificandum varias Luna ?fi(»«<-. Heliodor. Candida vitiae cando- 

 rem Lunae denotabant. Pigh. in liu^oM^a de Horis. p. i/i- Hinc teniae illse varix multipli- 

 cefquc Ifidi dedicate, non feptem tantum eas Lunae facies, quas Heliodorus nuncupat nyoJiiy, 

 l^ivay, &c. nuncupat, fed ctiam vim ejus quae circa materiam verfatur, indicant, qux fc. gignit 

 omnia & omnia concipit, lucem quippe & tenebras, diem, nodem, vitam, mortem, prin- 

 cipium, finem. Pier. Hiergl. 1. 39. cap. 3. f Ho'i^mfdvii xifM 7o7{ yj.7a fU^iviv au7^,\gsiS'etyfM'inf 

 ir^ayti^ •jfiy tiv depa itnylnv^Qf, Etifeb. Prxp. Evang. p. 66. OtnQr ji^/Ttiif aiifj.-aa.! i£$y u*iuv^ivq^^ 

 ikeyf h-iMymr ipujH jag 5 «»f iA\iii. Philo de Vit. Mof. J. 3. p. 671 • Aej©- J\, ti-nty^Qf fjihof yif 

 St®- ?uw Fhilo. de congveffu quaerendae erudit, gr, p. 441. de Tabernaculi aulaeis agens. 

 apud Clem. Alex. p.66j. 



6 Caput aurea rumpunt 



Cornua & indigenam jaculantur fulminis ignem. S'tdon. ApoUhu 



Agpo^sM ^dvuiToyh arnnosi Tn^ainy, Bacch. Carm. apud D'tod. l.i. 



Sic Apollo, deinde Liber fie videtur ignifer. 



Ambofunt flammis creati, profatique ex ignibus. 



Ambode comis calorem, & ambo radios conferunt. 



Nodis hie rumplt tenebras, hie tenebras pedoris. Vettts Poeta apud 

 Aleand. Explic. Tab. Heliacs. p. 22. 7 Vertex velatus divinitatis latentis Symbolum eft. 

 Kirch. Synt.17. p. 490. 80^ (<>?'f) 'S'e^cpi'tniirai' ili^a Tiarn ^aa //;)^«t ;^ to </i«K«c, dia/^H, o^ty i'^et/^i 

 JbKfi ^amf 19 SawTK fji-uetdieiyy ^la. nn caniy Iot xiif xsipa^iir ray 5wy 'fTim^ia^iy. HorapoB. 1. I . cap. r . 



9 Jo afpide cinda comas. Val. Flacc. Argon. I.4. 



10 Tutulos, (mithras, cydares) in capita gerebant, floribus, pennis, ferpentibus, ftelh's, 

 animalibus, flammis, circulis, vafis aliifque fimilibus, cjuibus Geniorum propriecates & 

 ideales rationes exprimuntur, compaftos : quos in facrificiis pariter imitabantur facerdotes, 

 illifque notabatur, facerdotem continuo fupernas Deorum ideas, quae per tutulos notantur, 

 Ipeculari debere: hoc enim fade, fe in eam intelligentiam, quam continuo mente volvebant, 

 transformari, eidcmque uniri & quodammodo identificari fibi perfuadebant ; unitos vero & 

 jam confortio Deorum adfcriptos, oiiinem fe felicitatis metam ^^l>fMf!f<tf attigiffe rebantur. 

 Kirch. Synt.i. p. IJ7. 



thers. 



