COMMUNICATIONS 
TO THE 
MONTHLY MEETINGS 
OF THE 
YOEKSIIIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
1875. 
October 6th. —The Rev. Canon Raine gave An account 
of several Roman inscriptions discovered during the Railway 
Excavations/’ as follows :— 
I think it best to confine my remarks to-day to some of the 
very few and mutilated inscriptions which the recent excava¬ 
tions on the site of the new railway have yielded. The larger 
and more general subject must be reserved for some future time. 
I shall begin by directing your attention to the small and rude 
altar. It is unfortunately fractured, but with the exception of 
one letter the inscription is complete. It runs as follows:—• 
DEO 
G E N I 0 
LOCI 
V. S. L M 
“ To the God, the genius of the place, the dedicator pays his 
vow, willingly, deservedly.” Inscriptions to the genius of the 
place are common enough. We have already one in oin* 
musemn, GENIO LOCI FELICITER^ which, if we may draw an 
inference from a similar stone preserved at Malton,* was pro¬ 
bably placed originally over the door of some shop in Eburaciun. 
In considering this inscription, we are struck first by the com¬ 
bination of LEG and GENIO, but of this Orelli gives several 
examples. We have, for instance, Beo invido Genio lod (the 
unconquered God) ; also Beo Sanctissimo genio, 8^c. (the most 
* Since deposited in the Museum by Mr. Walker, of Malton, its o^vner. 
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