Augur Collection

Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving

Passenger moth, dun-bar and soothsayer
Passenger moth, Dysgonia algira 1, dun-bar, Cosmia trapezina 2-3, double dart or soothsayer, Graphiphora augur 4, larvae 5-6

Ruby tiger moth and peach blossom moth
Ruby tiger moth, Phragmatobia fuliginosa 1-5, and peach blossom moth, Thyatira batis 6-8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Garden dart and other moths
Garden dart, Euxoa nigricans 1-3, Hadena filograna 4, antirrhinum brocade, Calophasia platyptera 5, Simyra nervosa 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann

Roman Augur
An augur of ancient Rome utters prophecies based on the corn eaten by his hens

IAPYX, a reputed augur and seer of Apulia (Italy)

ASYLAS, an Etruscan augur who drew prophecies from entrails (he has a dish of them !) but also from stars, comets and meteors

ARUNS, a noted haruspex or augur of Etruria

THYODAMAS Greek doctor, soothsayer and augur, son of Melampus

Lenormand - Augur
Romans consulting an augur

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