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VASCONCELOS (J. Leite de). RELIGIÕES da Lusitânia na Parte que principalmente se refere a Portugal. Lisboa. 1897. - VASCONCELOS (J. Leite de) RELIGIÕES da Lusitânia na Parte que principalmente se refere a Portugal . Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1897. 3 v.: il.; 240 mm. First edition. The Religions of Lusitania in the Part That Mainly Refers to Portugal constitutes José Leite de Vasconcelos' major work and the first monumental synthesis on the ancient religions of the Portuguese territory, covering prehistoric (vol. I), protohistoric (vol. II) and historical times, with the study of the cults of native deities during the Romanization period (vol. III). It is based on a vast epigraphic collection and an extensive comparison with other materials collected in Europe and America at the end of the 19th century, as well as on the author's own research campaigns at archaeological sites such as the sanctuary of Endovélico, in São Miguel da Mota (Alandroal). Orlando Ribeiro classified it as a unique work, due to the breadth and rigor of its research and its evocative power of past times, and the work remains to this day the fundamental and unavoidable reference for the study of religion, archaeology, and ethnography of ancient Lusitania. Rare and highly valued. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate