? made. 



A 26, Thyjical md 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 J/is, or i^w nmt^J'yis. In her Lap ilie carries her Son On^s, E ; 

 the fame with F, the Sigalion or God oi 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 theEaftern 

 Nations. H, is fuppofed to be Orm \ (i. e. the Earth,) turgid 

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

 (provided the Turn of the Body and the T'lleus do not fuppofe 

 it to have originally belonged tofome other Nation andWorfliip,) 

 may perhaps, from if s Pofture, h^i\\^EgyftianCreptiis^ : as, 

 among others of a lefTer Size, K, is the Anubk ; L, M, the 

 ^pis\ N, the Cat; O, the Oynocepbahs', P, the Hawk; (I, R, 

 the Frog ; S, the Beetle ; T, the Thallus Oculatus ' ; U, a 

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

 The Matter of Of^ tYiQ^Q Icuucul^, thc kft is of Alabaftcr ; Q., is of brown 

 wui? 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,that they were fufpended upontheNecks of theirVotaries. 

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

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

 to be erected, infome convenient Place of their Houfes,as Objects 

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



1 Hurus femper fub puerili forma referebatur, & myftice, Plutarcho tcflc, nihil allud eft, 



quam fenfibilis mundi machina, quam Sol feu Ofiris per Scarab&um (y.) indicacus, continua 



Solariam Numinum per binos acc'ip'ttres {k) & terreftrium Geniorum, per Penates (;/) lateri- 



bus affiftentes indicatorum, minifterio, iumma Sapientia gubcrnat & modcratur. Piieri 



forma pingitur, quia Mundus gencrabilium rerum innovationc coiitinuo veliici rejuvenefcit: 



tutnido corpore (v) pingitur, quia gcnicalium rerum fstura & TianamfiAia. perpetuo curgec: 



fub utroquc pedc Crocodilum (|) caJcac, i. c. Beboniam feuTypboniam mah'gnicatcm mundo 



adeo perniciofam, ne invalefcat, cohibet ; fcuticaque (0^ i. e. vircutis fux efficacia in officio 



continet. In poftica parte per figuram A, Jfis, leu Luna exprimitur, quod cornua & velum 



quibus fcmpci exhibctur, oftendunt ; ubere turget, quia mater omnium inventionum eft, & 



fjori a Tjphone extindi vindicatrix & refulcitatrix; dum mundum ficcitate & aduftiva qua- 



damvi opprcflum, humido fuo influxu, per radios apte indicate, tempcriem & vitam revocat. 



Kirch, ibid. p. 449. 2 "bi ec Serap'itUm ma^is i^uiim Strefitus, per pudenda corporis exprciios, 



contremifcunt [j^gypt'ij ) Mimt. Felix. 5-28. Crepitus veneris inflati, qnx Pelufi^ica ie~ 



ligio eft. S. Hieron. inlfai. I. 13. cap.4<j. 3 O^riw per brachium cxtenfum, benericentis 



& libcralitaiis notam, multis locis oftendimusj atque adco Phallus hie ocul.itus [cum brachio 



occulte ex eo emergente] nihil aliud innuit, quam providentiam bcneficam divini Ofnidis, in 



fscunda gcneratione clucefcentem ; qu^ occultd & infenfibiii operatione omnia fscundat 



eratque potiffimum apud ./figyptios Amulctum &,c. Kirch. OEdip. /E^y/r. Svnt. 13. p. 41 5. 



' ' ' Symbolical 



