Monumentum
Mithras Tauroctony and other figures from Palæographia Britannica
Palæographia Britannica: or, discourses on antiquities that relate to the history of Britain. Number III.
Frontispiece to William Stukeley's Palæographia BritannicaBritish Library
The New Mithraeum
12 May 2021
Updated on Jan 2022
TNMM 247
This engraving – showing the Roman god Mithras killing a bull – was used as the frontispiece to the third book of William Stukeley’s (1687–1765) Palæographia Britannica (1743–1752) series.
It is based on Stukeley’s own sketch of a Roman relief sculpture found in Micklegate, York in 1747.
