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Add MS 15505
- Record Id:
- 032-002087277
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087277
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x0002cb
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15505
- Title:
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A VOLUME of miscellaneous drawings, formerly belonging to the Sloane Collection, and containing- Drawings of antiquities in the pagoda at Canorin [Kenneri] in the Isle of Salsett, with a short description, sent by [Charles] Boone, [Governor of Bombay,] to Sir Hans Sloane, as appears by a note to him prefixed from David Guerin. f. 1 ;-Drawings of pillars in the temples of Elephanta and Cannara, f. 7 ;-Two plans of the fortress of Angria, the Pirate, and the Island of Culap [Colabba]. on the coast of Concan, by an Italian hand, f. 14; -Drawings and plan of the house called the English Lodge, at Canorin, by John Myngs, and of two other Lodges, f. 12; - Copy of an inscription [supposed to be fictitious] in the island of Zelone [Ceylon], f. 16;- Engraved plates of the tombs of the two last kings of Persia, [from Chardin's Travels, 1686], and of the ancient characters engraved in marble at Persepolis, f. 17 ; -Copy of an Arabic inscription on a marble pillar brought from Alexandria in 1726, taken by Joseph Ames in 1730, when it was in the possession of Dr. Oxley; with a letter from Ames to the Rev. ----, 5 Mar. 1730, f. 18;-
Outline drawing of a pillar with a Phoenician inscription, f 19; -View of a rock on the banks of the Danube, near Porez, in the district of Temeswar, with a Latin inscription to the Emperor Trajan; presented by one of the Emperor's draughtsmen to Dr. Kidby, 1735, f. 20;-Plan of some theatre, probably in Germany, f. 21;-Certificate, on vellum, by the Consulate of Lubec, respecting the ownership of goods belonging to the Hanse Merchants seized by Frenchmen, 27 June, 1487, Lat. f 21 ;-Drawings, on vellum, of seals, pentacles, etc., with Latin inscriptions, used as charms against diseases, f. 22;-Specimens, on vellum and paper, of minute handwriting, in German and Latin; one of which contains a head of Martin Luther, executed by Püchler, f. 23;-" Plan et profile des ruines du pont de Trajan," on the Danube, presented to Dr. Kidby, 1735, with an explanation. f. 24;-
Sectional elevation of the pillar of Trajan at Rome [See Ms. Add. 52 38, f. 80], f 25;- Drawings of the Palace Garden at Stuttgardt, by Benjamin Buwinckhausen a Wallmerodt, 1634, and of Jerusalem, by J. Van Lier, f. 27;-" Antiquæ Frisiæ situs sub Augusto Imp. et postea Carolo Magno et Ludovico Pio," F. 28;-" Plan von der Gegend um Coblentz," f. 29. xviith cent. Large Folio. [15,505.]
- Scope & Content:
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includes:
f. 1 Island of Salsette: Drawings of antiquities at Kenneri.
f. 1 Charles Boone, Governor of Bombay: Drawings of antiquities at Kenneri sent by him to Sir H.
ff. 1,7 Kenneri, Isle of Salsette: Drawings of pillars in the temple.
f. 7 Elephanta, India: Drawings of pillars there.
f. 12 John Myngs: Drawings of lodges by.
f. 14 Angria; Fortress of: Plan of.
f. 14 Island of Colaba, India: Drawing of.
f. 17 Persia; Kings of: Plates of the tombs of the two last kings, etc.
f. 18 Inscriptions: Arabic inscription, on a pillar from Alexandria.
f. 18 Joseph Ames: Arabic inscription on a marble pillar from Alexandria: 1726.
f. 19 Inscriptions: Drawing of a pillar with a Phænician inscription.
f. 20 Porez, the district of Temeswar: View of a rock on the banks of the Danube near it, with a Latin inscription to Trajan.
f. 21 City of Lubec: Certificate of the Consulate, respecting the ownership of goods belonging to the Hanse merchants seized by Frenchmen: 1487.
f. 22 Early sixteenth-century Italian textual amulet made for a man named Francesco. Contains a mixture of Christian iconography and seals with the 'Sator Arepo' formula.
f. 23 Martin Luther: Portrait of, executed by Püchler.
f. 23 Calligraphy: Specimens of writing in German and Latin.
f. 23 Püchler: Drawing of the head of Martin Luther.
f. 24 River Danube: Plan et profile des ruines du pont de Trajan ; with an explanation: 1735.
f. 25 Court of Rome: Sectional elevation of the pillar of Trajan.
f. 27 Jerusalem: Drawing of, by J. van Lier.
f. 27 J- van Lier: Drawing of Jerusalem.
f. 27 Benjamin Buwinckhausen a Wallmerodt: Drawing of the palace garden at Stuttgardt: 1634.
f. 28 Province of Friesland: Antiquæ Frisiæ situs sub Augusto Imp. et postea Carolo Magno et Ludovico Pio.
f. 29 Coblenz, Germany: Plan von der gegend um Coblentz.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087277
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002087277
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_15505 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Publications:
- Don C Skemer, Bindng Words: Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University, 2006), pp. 214-19.
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