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Add MS 19889
- Record Id:
- 032-002090151
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002090151
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x0000b0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172855607.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 19889
- Title:
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George Waymouth, The Jewell of Artes
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r–320r: George Waymouth (or Weymouth), The Jewell of Artes. Two versions of this manuscript were presented to King James VI and I in 1604 and were incorporated into the royal library. This is the later version, produced after a peace with Spain was signed on 19/29 August.
This copy is in its original gold-tooled binding: the front and back covers have a semée (design in which small tool forms are stamped at regular intervals) of lions passant guardant, decorative cornerpieces and James's arms.
In seven books Waymouth describes the ancient instruments of navigation; the manner of building ships by geometrical proportion; the making of engines; instruments for surveying and taking observations; fortifications and mining; various kinds of ordnance and carriages; and instruments for gunners.
There are numerous pen-and-ink drawings (some of which are in colour, e.g. f. 60r), and volvelles (paper constructions with rotating parts, as on f. 312r).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002090151
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002090151
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100172855607.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1599
- End Date:
- 1609
- Date Range:
- c 1604
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 315 x 209 mm.
Foliation: ff. 320 + 5 (endleaves).
Binding: Original gilt-tooled English binding.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
James VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland (1566–1625).
Purchased by the British Museum at Sotheby's, 15 June 1854.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1854–1860 (London, 1875), p. 14.
David B. Quinn and Alison M. Quinn (eds), The English New England Voyages, 1602–1608 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1983), pp. 231–41.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)