Plate 1.51: Engravings of Three Roman Pavements found at Wellow (2 of 3)
12018-08-29T12:15:41+00:00Crystal B. Lakeb7829cc6981c2837dafd356811d9393ab4d81adc313Plates 1.50-1.52 of Vetusta Monumenta depict three mid-fourth century CE Roman mosaic pavements at Wellow, Somerset, UK, the first of which was found by John Aubrey c. 1685. Further investigations of the site were carried out in 1737 by Edmund Prideaux and James West, who found the second and third pavements, respectively. Engravings by George Vertue after drawings made by his brother, James Vertue, and by James West. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1738. Current location: Mosaics I (Plate 1.50) and III (Plate 1.52) no longer survive. Mosaic II (Plate 1.51) was found in 1737, reopened and damaged in 1807, and is now thought to be lost.plain2019-06-10T14:25:30+00:00Crystal B. Lakeb7829cc6981c2837dafd356811d9393ab4d81adc
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