8^ Of the Mofaic Tavement 



has been in meafuring out the Ruins, and in taking their feve- 

 ral Views and Elevations ; thefe Branches of Knowledge might 

 have received confiderable Light and Augmentation ; and the 

 learned World would ftill have been more highly obliged to 

 him, for fuch additional and no lefs ufeful Difcoveries. 



CHAP. VII. 



c/^ Dtjfertation concerning the Mofaic Pavement at 

 Praenefte. 



tuTe'^zwr'nr^-^-'-^ *^^ scripture Zoology then, is more fully and ac- 

 iuuftrated I curatclv confideted, it may be a Digreflion, not at all 



from the*"" ■' , •it»i t 



Mofau Pave- forcisn to this Subjedl, to give the Reader, as an Introdudlion 

 "eA*-. to it, a Ihort Defcription or the Mojaic Pavement ' at Tra- 

 nefle \ which, lays before us, in a very beautiful Manner, not 

 only a great Variety of the Animals, but of the Plants like- 

 wife, that are mentioned in the Sacred Writings. It were 

 to be wifhed, that we had a correfler Copy of it, carefully 

 compared with the Original ; becaufe the Names, as well as 

 Charaflerifticks of fome of the Animals, may be fufpedted, to 

 have been ignorantly or injudicioufly taken. However, not- 

 withftanding thefe few fuppofed Faults and Inaccuracies, the 

 Whole is a very valuable and inftru6tive Piece of Antiquity ; 

 and prefents us with a greater Number and Variety of curious 

 Objefts, relating both to the civil and to the natural Hiftory 

 ofEg/pt and Ethiopia, than are any where elfe to be met with. 

 The Con- The Conqueft of Eg/pt, which is that Part of ^lexandef^ 

 gypt%yAkx- Hiftory, that feems to be here difplayed, is reprefented with 

 femed.'''^''" all imaginable Art and Elegance. We fee that Hero (ct) ftand- 

 ing, in a commanding Attitude, under a magnificent Tent or 

 Canopy, attended by his warlike Companions, and impatiently 

 waiting for the Tribute and Submiffion of the Terfians (/3) ; 

 which, in a very folemn Proceffion, they are haftning to pay 

 Him. 



I See the Hiftory &c. of this Mo[m Pavement in Father Mentfaucon's Antiquities. 

 Vol.14. 



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