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Musgrave 1717	NOTES from MUSGRAVE'S MAP of THE BELGAE, 1717
	These notes are made from a map of 'Belgium' the land of the Belgae, published in Antiquitates Britanno-Belgae by William Musgrave, Exeter, Devon, 1719. The map studied is in a copy of the book in the library of Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Devizes Museum, Wiltshire - to whom I am grateful. Latin translation has been done by Andrew Pierssene (but then typed by MN).
	map type: HantsMap & Musgrave 1717
	These notes are biased to Hampshire interest and may not notice everything there is to see. The map size is: wxh, map = 21x18.5cm.
	Title Page
	The title page of Musgrave's book reads:-
	ANTIQUITATES BRITANNO-BELGAE, Praecipue Romanae, ... ... AUCTORE GUILH. MUSGRAVE, BELGA, Reg. Societ. utriusque Socio. ... ISCAE DUMNONORUM: Typis GEO. BISHOP: prostat [venale apud] JOH: MARCH, bibliopolam EXONIENSIEM; GUIL. TAYLOR, & JOH. [SPRINT, LONDINENSES.] M.DCC.XIX.
	translated:-
	The Antiquities of the British Belgae, in particular Roman ... by Willm. Musgrave, Belgan, Fellow of both Royal Societies ... Exeter: George Bishop printer: sold by John March, bookseller, Exeter; William Taylor and John Sprint, London, 1719.
	There are three volumes: 1. De Belgio Britannico, from which these notes come; 2. De Geta Britannico; 3. De Julii Vitalis Epitaphio
	From advertisements in the London Gazette (Tyacke, ed) William Taylor was a mapseller at The Ship, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1709-10, and at The Ship, Pater Noster Row, London, 1715-18. John Sprint was a mapseller at the Bell, London, 1705.
	MAP FEATURES
title cartouche map maker	Printed lower left is a plain cartouche:- BELGII nostri Tabulam hanc Chorographicam, GEORGIUS MUSGRAVE J.C. Frater carrissimus, ab Charlton Musgrave in Com: Somerset Oriandus Reipub. Literariae D.C.Q. MDCCXVII. translation:- This chorographical map of our belgium is made by George Musgrave JC, dearest brother, of Charlton Musgrave in the county of Somerset, of the Literary Republic DCQ, 1717. JC is perhaps Jeseus College; DCQ unknown. printed at the top is:- TABULA BELGII BRITANNICI CHOROGRAPHICA or:- Chorographical Map of British Belgium The word:- BELGIUM is spread right across middle of the map.
coat of arms	Above the title cartouche is coat of arms, with crest and mantling, and motto:- SPES ALTERA GENTIS translation like:- The other hope of our race The blazon is probably:- azure, 6 annulets 3,2,1 or for the Musgraves. There is a small thistle upper left, the mark of difference for a sixth son.
table of symbols	Printed lower right is a table:- Notarum Explicat[io ] [infinity sign?] Denotat Ogonem [island with coast shaded] Insulam [circle] Urbem vel Pagum [square] Castrum [tall rectangle, dark below, light above] Tropaeum Claudianum [double line] Viam Militarem [dotted line] Belgii Limites [cross (+)] Locum inquo Nummi[ ] Pavimenta fuere Detecta translating roughly:- Explanation of notes: indicates an ogo ? ; island; town or village; fort or camp; Claudian monument; military road, boundary of 'Belgium'; place where coins or mosaic floors have been found.
orientation labelled borders up is N	To be inserted in the book the map has been trimmed close. One border is labelled:- Occidens The map is printed with North at the top.
scale	The map has no indication of scale. From the positions of a dozen or so towns the scale has been estimated by comparing their distances from each other on the map with their known distances, using DISTTAB.exe software. The map scale is about:- 1 to 1400000 22.5 miles to 1 inch with a large error.
sea area sea plain	The sea is plain; some sea areas are labelled, relevant to Hampshire are:- Trisanton Aestuar [= Southampton Water] OCEANUS BRITANNICUS [greek = Magnus Portus]
coast line coast shaded harbours	The coast line shaded for emphasis. The islands and harbour areas at Portsmouth etc are fairly well drawn, enough to recognize each.
rivers	Rivers are shown by a double, tapering to a single, line. THe estuary may be shaded as like coast line. A river might be labelled, for Hampshire:- Itching flu Avona flu The Test and (perhaps) the Loddon are also shown in Hampshire.
relief	No relief is indicated.
tribal areas	The boundary of the Belgii is a dotted line. Very crudely it includes Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset; labelled:- BELGIUM The bordering tribal areas are labelled, eg:- ATREBATES [to the north, Gloucestershire and Berkshire?] DUROTRIGES [to the South, Dorset] DOBUNI [to the north west, partly Gloucestershire] REGNUM [to the east, Sussex]
settlements	Settlements are marked by a circle, for a town or village, or a square for a camp. Places are labelled, mostly, twice; in Latin with an ancient name, in English with a modern, 18th century, name. Thus, relevent to Hampshire and round about:-
Winchester	Venta Belgaru~

Southampton	Clausentu~ now distinguished from Southampton itself

Broughton	Brige crossing of Test, but location not now accepted.

Silchester	Vindomis now usually Calleva Atrebatum

---	Old Winchester shown as a camp

Ringwood	Regnum Vetus

antiquities roman roads	A netword of roman military roads is drawn by double lines. The routes shown in Hampshire are:- from Calleva - Henley, Berkshire; through Vindomis - Silchester, Venta Belgarum - Winchester, Clausentum - Southampton, to Regnum Vetum - Ringwood, Hampshire. branch from Venta Belgarum - Winchester, Hampshire; to Sorbiodunum - Salisbury, Wiltshire, whence south and west.
miscellaneous
antiquities henges	The whole map is a map of antiquities, it includes one ancient place especially worth noting:- Stonehenge
	William Musgrave
	William Musgrave was born 4 November 1655 (perhaps 1657), son of Richard of Nettlecombe, Somerset, at Charlton Musgrove. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, and became a physician and antiquary. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society 1683-34, and was Secretary and editor of its Philosophical Transactions. He was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, 1692; in 1691 he had settled in Exeter, Devon, where he was in general practice. He married Philippa Speke of White Lackington, Somerset. And died 1721, being buried in a vault at St Leonard's Church, Exeter.
	REFERENCES
	Boon, George C: 1972: Genius and Lar in Celtic Britain: Jahrbuch des Roemisch-Germanuschen Zentralmuseums (Mainz, Germany):: pp.265-269 and plates Musgrave, William: 1719: Antiquitates Britanno-Belgae & Belgio Britannico, De (vol.1): (Exeter, Devon): vol.1: pp.123-152 and plates Stukely, William: 1724: Itinerarium Curiosum::: p.137 Brailsford, J W: 1951: Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain: British Museum:: p.54 and plate 17; BM registration numbers 11.3-9 (which is 7 items?) :: Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine: vol.1: p.214

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NOTES from MUSGRAVE'S MAP of THE BELGAE, 1717

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