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« Figura sepulcri v<strong>et</strong>eris prope Bruxellis d<strong>et</strong>ccti, in quo<br />

loculus ex marmore duro, cujus operculo insculptus pucr<br />

alatus una manu orbem, altéra tenens cornucopiam inver-<br />

sam, <strong>et</strong> in ea arca fuerant urnae <strong>et</strong> vascula vitrea.<br />

» Anno Ghristi mdvij, M. Renerus Gleerhagius, Bruxellis<br />

praefectus rationum regiarum, coempto in pago Saventhem<br />

prope eamdem urbem fundo, dum ad majorera ejus com-<br />

moditatem, collem in medio agri situm solo aequarc vuK,<br />

détecta fuit crypta liaec subteranea, lapide durissirao cora-<br />

pacla (confecta?). Collis herbis <strong>et</strong> quercubus quinque con-<br />

situs altus erat lv pe<strong>des</strong>, latus vero cxxii passus ubi terram<br />

contingebat. Gavea ipsa ab imo ad verticem continebat viu<br />

pe<strong>des</strong>, in latitudine vj, in longitudine vu complectebatur,<br />

tantae solidilatis ut vix duabus horis superna concameratio<br />

perforari potuerit. Lapis hujus coloris erat cujusmodi sunt<br />

paene omnes slructurae quotquot sunt operis antiqui in iis<br />

partibus. Cujus autem hoc monumentum sit, romanino<br />

cujuspiam an incolae, non facile colligas, non magis quam<br />

quo saeculo conditum sit, incuria enim accedit numismata<br />

sex in septima urnula deposita in arch<strong>et</strong>ypo non fuisse<br />

delineata. Ager ab incolis Tomvelt diccbatur, quod lingua<br />

patria, sonat sepulchri vel busti agrum, quasi nomen ipsura<br />

antiquitus manatum <strong>et</strong> apud rei ignaros latuisse ibidem<br />

sepulcrum indicass<strong>et</strong>. »<br />

Un peu plus loin : « Hic depictum erat sepulcram. »<br />

Enfin, après quelques autres indications de trouvailles<br />

d'antiquités à Schaerbeek, Anderlecht <strong>et</strong> Gastre :<br />

« Loculus iste claudcbatur praecedenti crypta. Longi-<br />

tudo ejus quatuor pcdum, latiludo duorum cum dimidio<br />

fuit, excavatus eral ex simili qua crypta lapide, ad profundi-

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