A Secret Code at Shugborough Hall?
A well known monument at Shugborough Hall, Shropshire, U.K., preserves a marble reproduction by Peter Scheemakers of Nicolas Poussin’s famous painting "Les Bergers d’Arcadie". Below the engraving appear the letters O U O S V A V V together with A and and O at either end, slightly lowered....
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2011
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Religious studies and theology
Año: 2011, Volumen: 30, Número: 1, Páginas: 83-100 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Anson
B secret code B Shugborough B funerary monument B Latin abbreviations |
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| Sumario: | A well known monument at Shugborough Hall, Shropshire, U.K., preserves a marble reproduction by Peter Scheemakers of Nicolas Poussin’s famous painting "Les Bergers d’Arcadie". Below the engraving appear the letters O U O S V A V V together with A and and O at either end, slightly lowered. Whereas professional cryptographers have treated these letters as a secret code, they are best interpreted as standard abbreviations of common Latin words that might be expanded as follows: D(is) M(anibus) O(ptimae) U(xoris) O(ssa) S(ita) V(ices) A(gens) V(t) V(overat) or V(otum) A(nimo) V(t) V(overat) The possibility remains that the Anson brothers, on whose estate the monument stands, were involved in secret societies. |
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| ISSN: | 1747-5414 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Religious studies and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rsth.v30i1.83 |
