A wicker man inside which people are sacrificed, surrounded by the principal deities of the Saxons. Etching by Smith after R. Verstegen and A. Sammes.

  • Verstegan, Richard, approximately 1550-1640.
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A wicker man inside which people are sacrificed, surrounded by the principal deities of the Saxons. Etching by Smith after R. Verstegen and A. Sammes. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The cheif of the Saxon idols are thus depicted from Verstegen to oblige the curious ... Smith sc.

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Wellcome Collection 11520i

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The figures of the Saxon gods are derived from engravings in an edition of Richerd Verstegan, Restitution of decayed intelligence, in antiquities. The figure of the wicker man appears to be derived from an engraving in Aylett Sammes, Britannia antiqua illustrata, or, The antiquities of ancient Britain, London 1676, p. 105

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