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M E D

R or.11.':1.

cmp~rolS.

Nothing is rnc:-c ufcJ.l t!u.n

fe:

allufions

Rom","

cu!bnls

and cercnlf)r.ics

tbc me·

ci;.d:l of ourú'.vn

n:uiflo

n¡y. lhe)'

very o(ten

citrrr

[!"le

figure

an heat h'!n

r.wJ

p~lfcrity

títke

its

nOlion!

of us {ro;n our m.:.:

J.ds,

thcy mun

fancy

lhat

one

our kings paiel a

gren

dc\':u ion to l\olinerva, anolhc r

1\pollo.>.

cre.

or,

I.:"n,

thal our

whol: rcligion

W rtS

a mixture of p<l&;\ni(m :'loO ChriHianity.

Had

[he

010 Ronl.los

ocen

guilt y of {he f¡me

CXtr2.V2g'ance,

,Itere would

h~vc

ueco

(o grcat a

conru{j()n

in thei r

YO'

tiquities. thal th cir coins

\Vould

nOI havc hJ.d h..d f lhe

ufc wc no...., finJ in :hcm.

'rhe

ure of m..:d.. ls is

\'cry confidcrahle :

they gi,'e a

very grci!.t light

iOlO

hiUory, in

conlirOling

{uch paf.

fag'!s as are true in old authors. in

reconcillnc fuch

are roJd io difF.:reot mlooers, anu in reco. diog

ruch

:loS

ha\'e becn omiucd.

Ihi3

c,.fe a

cabio~t

Oled.lIs

a bociy of

hill:ory.

Ir was,

indceJ,

(he bd l way in

lhe

world 10

perpetuate

lhe

memory

c reat

aélioM,

rhus to

coin

out

(he li(:

of an emperor, and ro pur e·

very exploit ioto

lhe

mint,

was a kiod of pi inting

befo re

ths

are was

ioventcd: and

thcy

have chis

3d·

vantace

over books,

lhal they

leH

their flory <J'Jiekcr,

and fum up a whole \'olum:

t\Venry or thirty

rever·

rcs : .hus Mr VaillJn. , out of a fmall eolleélioo of

medal" has

given

a ehroniclc o( the kinC5 of

Sy·

,ia.

They

are

indccJ.

the

bd l

epitoml!s

in the

worJd,

and Jet us Ccc, wirh

one

can

the

eye,

lhe

fubllance

of above an hund rcd page.. Ano.her uCe of ",edals is,

that tbey

nOl

only fhew

lhe

aétions of an emperor, but

at tl-le Carne time mar k out the year io whieh

they

were

performed; fo r

every

exploi t

h:\s its date fet to

ir,

a fc:ries of an emperor's

coins

is his

whole lire

digell.

.<1

in.o

aoo.ls

. A medalliCl, upoo ,he fi rCl oamiog of

emperor,

wiIJ

immediatcly teH

his

ace,

ramily. aod

life .

rememher where he enters

the

fllecdJion,

be ooly coofidc" in what

p.rt

of ,he cabine, he lies ;

and

by runniDg over in

his thoughu

fuch a particular

dr:\wer,

will

give anaeCOl1ot of aH

the

remark:lble

puu

'lf his reígo. Nor

are

medals of lers ure io .rchitee–

tu re.

painting, poetry,

he.

cauíoct

meda!s is a

colletlion

of pi{tures

miniature, .md

tllem

the

plaos of maoy of .he moCl eoofidera!>le buildiog. of ao–

tiq uity are prefcrvcd.

Il/lp"Jliolll o}

MEOAC'.

very eary and clegant \Vay

laking

lhe

impreffions of medals and eoi ns, nOl ge·

nerrllly koowo, is .hu. di r<éled by Dr Shaw : MeI, •

Jiule ifinglars.glue made wi.h !>raody. aod pOllr it

thi nly

over the

medals,

cover its whole

fur·

{ace

Ict

remain on {or a day or two.

tiJl

thorollghly dry aod hardened; and ,heo ..king i, olF,

will be finc:,

c1ear,

and hard, :\s a

piece

of Muf·

covy

gl:\rs,

and

will have a

very

clegant imprcflion of

lhe

coin.

Ano,hcr eary methaJ is os rollo'"': T ake

perfeél

and

nltlrp

im¡Hcf'Tion.

the

findl

black

f\.'aling. wax, of

lhe

coin

or meJAI you dcfirc, Cut

aW3y

lhe

w:tx

round

lhe

edges

lhe imprd Tion

then

\\·ilh

a prepa–

r~tlon

gum-W3tcr,

lhe

colour

you

would h:\ve

the

p:t.C] urc.

fprcad

the p.tint

upon

th!

\'.'ax- il11prcffion

with

(m:1I1

h:ti r

reneil,

ob[cn'in~

work

ínto ¡.o.1 1

Yoc . lI1.

N °. 7 t.

th: finkíng or hoBo-,v plac!s,

(t:efc

u!i:\g

the riGngp;.rts

of .he med,l; and .he ealou r mol! be carefolly takeo

from (he orher

pans

with

a wer finger.

'fh en

take

:.L

picce of very t:lin pofl.paper, a liuJe brger

thdn

the

medal, and

moiften

it quite through .

PJ~cC'

on the

wax impreffioo ; aod 00 .he baek of th: poper lay.hree

or four pieccs

thiek woolen

clOlh

or tb ncel, of a·

bout Ihe

fame

uz.e. T he. impreffioo, with its cover–

ings, lhol1ld b: pla.eed betwecn

t \Vo

Cmooth iron plates,

abo\1t

t wo

¡oehes Cquarc:, and one

tenlh

¡neh

thick. There muCl be corerully pu, ioto a Cmall pref.,

made of t\Vo

ates

of iron, about fi ve ¡Dehes and a

half long, ooe ioch aod a half ",ide, aod half ao ioel.

in thieknefs.

haviog

couple of long

male·fcrews

run–

nine

through them,

with

turoine

female-Ccrew on

eaeh,

force the pl:\tes

together.

Thefe

being

brought

cveoly

to~cther,

mean, of the

ferews,

will

take off a

true

and

fair piéture of

-(he

medal;

which.

.oy deficieoeies (hould 'ppear, may eafily be repair–

with

a hair peneil, or pen, dippcd io the colour

m.de

ure of.

a relievo only be deGr.d, no.hiog is nece(fary,

but

to rake a

picce

of eard,

white p:lflc:..board,

well

[oaked

in water ;

lhen

placing

on (he

wax·

mould, \\'Íthout

any

colou ring, and

letting

it remaio

rhe prefs fo r

a few

minutes,

good figure

wlll be:

obtained.

This me,hod of taking

0['

med.ls,

<be.

is coove–

nient, and

feems

mu C'h more

than

(he

feveral

ioven ..

tioos uCually proélifed io Culphur. ploCler of Paris, pa–

per,

<be.

wherem a mou ld muCl be formed, ei.her of

clay, horn,

plafier, or other materials,

whích

requires

• good de.1 of lime aod \rouble.

MEDALLI ON. or MEOAC'ON,

Oled. 1 of ao extra–

ordio"y Gze, fuppoCed 'o be ancieotly Clruck by ,he

emperors

for

their friends,

and for foreign

princes

and

emharradors; bu, .ha' ,he Cmolloers of ,heir oumber

might oo, eodanger ,he lor. of ,he deviee. they boro,

,he

Rom.ns

geoeraJly ,ook care ' o Clamp ,he Cubjeél of

them upon their

ordin:\ry

coins.

M edalJions,

in rerpeél: of rhe other

coin,.

wcre the

fame

modero medals in refpeét: of

modero

mODey:

they were exempted from all cornmeree', and had no

other vahie bu, wha, was r.. upon .hem by the faoey

of (he Owner. Medallioos

arc fo

fcarce.

that rhere can–

not be any [et rnade of thtm, even though

lhl!

metaJs

and fizes Jhould be joiocd promircuouny.

MEDELPADIA, a rmaJl provioee ofSwedeo Iyiog Dorth.

ward of HelGogia.

MEDEOLA, io bo••ny,

geou. of ,he hexaodria ' rigy_

oia clars.

hos 00 cali,,; ,he coroJla eoofin. of fix

revoluted

fegmen:s;

and the berry

conui os

three

feeds.

Therc are two

fpecies,

noae

of them natives of Bri..

taín o

M ED IA, in ge0l:rophy, .he tocieot n' Ole

Gil.n. See

GILAN.

M E DI ANA. Seo ANATO>lV, p.

20)1 .

M E DI ASTINUM, in an••oIOY.

See ANA 'rOMv,

,¡S.

M E !)

lATE. or

NTt.

M E

TE. fO'lCthing .ha, Cl. ods

uetwcen

~nd

eonncéh

t\Vo

more terms,

confidercJ